TUESDAY

EQ:
1. What factors led to the creation of big business in the late 1800s?
2. Why is this era known as the Gilded Age?


CW:
return old work/Unit 1 exam
preview Unit 2
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notes:
America becomes an industrial power:
abundant natural resources
wave of new innovations
transcontinental RR completed in 1869
Rise of Big Business in the Gilded Age
handout: Robber Baron or Capt. of Industry
income inequality today


HW:
small group research project--MUST BE PRESENT TO GET INFORMATION