Essay 3: Robber Barons, Industrialization, and Political Cartoons
For this essay, students will analyze and interpret two turn-of-the-century political cartoon intended to transmit American views of the “Robber Barons,” or if you take a more sympathetic approach, the “Titans of Industry.” The leaders of America’s Second Industrialization Revolution (1877-1917) were as controversial in their own age as they are today among some historians. […]
Essay 3: Robber Barons, Industrialization, and Political Cartoons Read More »