Documentary Segments

We created a document that was titled 19th Century Short Documentary Segments. We watched 3 segments about things that occurred during the 19th century.

I took notes on all 3 of them but I will only show one of them just to give a sense of how the 19th century was. Here is only one part of my notes:

BIG BUSINESS:

• TRUST → MONOPOLY
• 1% of the companies in American controlled ⅓ of production - 1990
• 11 million had an average income of 400 to 600 dollars - 1890
• The richest enjoyed 1% off the rest of the 99%
• A middle class was emerging - doctors, lawyers, etc.
• Achieved a new sense of themselves as a GROUP
• Gained support from language, history, etc.
• Rich people SHOWED OFF
• Rockefeller and Carnegie held themselves up (RICH)
• Work hard and you will become SUCCESSFUL but not all the time
• Advanced economically (LOTS of people)
• You have to sacrifice little things too achieve BIG things (little things have to get squashed)
• “God has intended the great to be great and the little to be little”
• You’re poor → because you SUCK
• Reason to believe if you worked hard you would get a better education