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1 Escape Room Instructional Activity

Task 1
Arrange the following pictures in groups of 3
(Hint after 5 mins – give them the Headings)

Labor Unions: Pullman Strike, Samuel G, AFL

Impact of Immigration: Boss Tweed, Ethnic Enclaves, Nativism
Inventions: Telegraph, Telephone, Electric Light Bulb
Populist Party: Cross of Gold, Williams Bryan Jenning, Bimetallism
Immigration: Ellis, Angel, Chart of Origins
Railroads: Map, Promontory Point, Impact of Steel/Oil
Monopolies: Vertical/Horizontal Integration, Rockefeller, Carnegie

Task 2
Specific political cartoons to analyze (answer the questions)
(Hint after 5 mins – Give them second set with helpful analysis)

Standard Oil Octopus

Immigrant Shadows
Jousting Knight

Task 3
Captains of Industry or Robber Barons (thesis for both)
(Hint after 5 mins – Give them second set with helpful analysis)

“Gospel of Wealth”
“Protectors of Industry”