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.