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Register for "Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?"

August 14, 2020 | Hosted by: Heinz History Center

Revisit the Gilded Age, or Age of Enterprise as some call it and read about the ideas, actions and legacies of the leading political and industrial figures of the times, exploring the question of whether these people are properly portrayed as either ‘Robber Barons’ or Captains of Industry’—or perhaps, something of both.

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"It gave me a better understanding of the Founders’ views. They saw that restricting religious liberty is not only wrong; it leads to animosity within society. This year, I will begin both my government class and my class on “Law and Modern Society” with George Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport." — Sean B.