1 Andrew Carnegie-Robber Baron by Hillary Hobbs (SR) https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1 Evidence to support the claim that Carnegie meets the criteria for a robber baron. en-us 2020-10-03 19:33:49 UTC 2024-02-21 11:06:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Evidence srjhypnar https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814524356 In Homestead Strike Background, it is said that a strike had occurred due to the cutting of wages because increased efficiency had inflated salaries. Unskilled workers had made less than $1.70 in a 12 hour day while skilled workers earned $4 to 
$7.60 a day. The strike led to a change of an eight hour shift to twelve as punishment.]]> 2020-10-08 16:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814524356 Evidence srjburrill2 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814525515 “In contract talks in 1892, Henry Clay Frick, the superintendent of the Carnegie Steel Company, proposed to cut workers' wages, arguing that increased efficiency had inflated salaries.” (Homestead)


]]> 2020-10-08 16:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814525515 Evidence https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814526932 2020-10-08 16:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814526932 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814527222 Andrew Carnegie’s workers at the Homestead Works steel mill went on strike due to a lack of negotiations over a decision to reduce the wages of workers, which were already incredibly low. In response, Carnegie called the National Guard to end resistance, displaying an excessive show of force toward the workers. In a way, Carnegie demanded obedience from his workers or they would receive harmful punishment (besides all workers later receiving extended work hours and other consequences in the workplace after this event).

(source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3194)
]]> 2020-10-08 16:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814527222 srlstewart https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814527379 2020-10-08 16:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814527379 sr_nitem https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814529413 2020-10-08 16:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814529413 Evidence https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814529684 2020-10-08 16:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814529684 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814529893 2020-10-08 16:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814529893 srbrudewicz https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814530840 2020-10-08 16:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814530840 Evidence https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814531009 2020-10-08 16:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814531009 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814531232 2020-10-08 16:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814531232 Evidence https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814533093 He started a small business and grew it to be bigger and more successful]]> 2020-10-08 16:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814533093 Evidence https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814533181 ¨Like Rockefeller, critics labeled him a robber baron who could have used his vast fortunes to increase the wages of his employees.¨

]]> 2020-10-08 16:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814533181 Evidence https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814534731 In a secret alliance with Rockefeller, the three major railroads that ran through Cleveland—the Pennsylvania, the Erie and the New York Central—agreed to raise their shipping fees while paying “rebates” and “drawbacks” to him.]]> 2020-10-08 16:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814534731 “critics labeled him a robber baron who could have used his vast fortunes to increase the wages of his employees” https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814536665 2020-10-08 16:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814536665 Evidence sr_vlyubimov https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814537885 Workers from the steel factory protested and demanded that they get treated more fairly. The protest got out of control and erupted into violence. Several of the workers from the factories were killed. (Document D)]]> 2020-10-08 16:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814537885 srjreed https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814537998 In a secret alliance with Rockefeller, the three major railroads ran through Cleveland-the Pennsylvania, the Erie and the New York Central-agreed to raise their shipping fees while paying "rebates" and "drawbacks" to him.]]> 2020-10-08 16:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814537998 srspeters https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814538251 Carnegie bought up small businesses that were at risk of failing due to his business tactics, like Rockefeller (but Carnegie did vertical integration) ]]> 2020-10-08 16:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814538251 Andrew no https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814539682  "the guards were confronted by hundreds of workers and townsfolk. In the gun battle that ensued, seven workers and three Pinkerton guards were killed"]]> 2020-10-08 16:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814539682 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814540037 he used his vast fortunes to increase his employiee wages]]> 2020-10-08 16:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814540037 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814540315 In a secret alliance with Rockefeller, the three major railroads that ran through Cleveland—the Pennsylvania, the Erie and the New York Central—agreed to raise their shipping fees while paying “rebates” and “drawbacks” to him ]]> 2020-10-08 16:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814540315 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814541652 “Frick also wanted to eliminate the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers union from the plant.
When the negotiations broke down, Frick shut down the mill, installed three-miles of wooden fence topped with barbed wire around the mill, and hired 300 guards supplied by the Pinkerton Detective Agency.” 
From The Homestead Background 


]]> 2020-10-08 16:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814541652 If he owned the rails and the mines, he could reduce his costs and produce cheaper steel.Carnegie biography https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814545777 2020-10-08 16:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814545777 "“One of the strike's [Homestead strike] consequences was that the steel mills shifted from an eight hour to a 12-hour a day" Homestead Strike background https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814548972 2020-10-08 16:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814548972 "Carnegie's drive for efficiency also led to an armed confrontation"(Homestead) -BH srbhofman https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814550426 2020-10-08 16:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/uxbmh74pc37lj5h1/wish/814550426