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The Rise of Corporations, Monopolies, and Captains of Industry
Evaluate the business strategies, trusts, and market power of industrial leaders such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller.
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Industrialization, Innovation, and Social Change
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Analyze how technological innovations, industrial expansion, urbanization, and labor movements transformed American society and Wyoming.
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SS8.3.1Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeIdentify and apply basic economic concepts (e.g., supply, demand, production, exchange and consumption, labor, wages, scarcity, prices, incentives, competition, and profits).
SS8.3.3Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe the impact of technological advancements on production, distribution, and consumption. (e.g., businesses and/or corporations in the United States and the world).