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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Day One: Building Context with Primary Sources

Day Two: Research your character (use ABC-Clio as a starting point)

Date of the Dinner Party: October 13

Robber Barons & Captains of Industry

"Andrew Carnegie: "Wealth" (1889)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.
Krasner, Barbara D. "John D. Rockefeller Oil King." Cobblestone 35.3 (2014): 18-21. History Reference Center. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.

Politicians & Leaders

ABC Clio

Supporters of Immigrants, Laborers and Reformers

"Jane Addams: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements speech (1892)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.

Intellectuals

"Mark Twain: "The Private History of a Campaign that Failed" (1885)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.

Supporters of African Americans

Out West

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