: Big Business (Monopolies) and Exploitation of Workers

  View the following resource: • Link (video): The Progressive Era (Links to an external site.) (27:30) Browse and read one (1) of the following: • Link (article): Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (Links to an external site.) • Link (library article): The Pullman Strike (Links to an external site.) Then, address the following: • Explain if big business leaders were "captains of industry," "shrewd businessmen," or "robber barons." • Based on one of the resources noted for this option, assess American working conditions and exploitation of workers in the Age of Industry. • Analyze the role that government played in reforming American working conditions. • Explain the benefits of the Federal Government regulations of monopolies. • Analyze which progressive presidents attained economic justice and reform for workers.