https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew Steamship & Railroad Empire en-us 2017-12-14 14:47:46 UTC 2026-01-06 03:23:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png 1635884 https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216172476 Vanderbilt was a self made millionaire in the 19th century of the shipping and railroad tycoon. He began working with boats as a child with his father, became a steamship captain, and eventually become an empire of the railroad companies in the United States. ]]> 2017-12-14 14:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216172476 1635884 https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216174765 A robber baron is "a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices." Vanderbilt could easily be considered this, because he made immense wealth and paid his workers very low pay and worked them for long hours. He was known for being very greedy and arrogant. He also wasn't known for being very charitable, but he did contribute $1 million dollars to build Vanderbilt University. Overall, Vanderbilt would be considered a Robber Baron because his huge success and wealth and lack of pay for his workers.]]> 2017-12-14 14:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216174765 1635884 https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216176294 Vanderbilt started off his career by borrowing $100 dollars from his family and purchased a sailing barge to begin his ferry service between Staten Island and Manhattan. By a year, he was able to pay his parents back and made $1,000 dollars profit. Throughout the years, he built up his reputation and became the largest steamship operator in the U.S.]]> 2017-12-14 14:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216176294 1635884 https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216179719 Vanderbilt launched a steamship service from New York to San Francisco, that brought him what is equivalent to $26 million dollars currently. He contributed to the Navy by offering them a steamboat which aided the army in dealing with Confederate raiders. Eventually, Vanderbilt went into railroads and worked on making railroads and the railroad system much more efficient. ]]> 2017-12-14 15:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1635884/3vfvku36avew/wish/216179719