https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-09-25 17:13:55 UTC 2025-06-17 15:24:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/285678481 The Populist Party was a third political party which was organized by farmers. The rail road companies had been charging farmers extremely high shipping fees. This led to the creation of the Populist Party, a political party bent on stopping the rail road companies from abusing them. Though the party would not last long, They did eventually succeed, and the government began regulating big businesses, including the rail road companies.

]]> 2018-09-25 17:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/285678481 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/285687191 2018-09-25 17:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/285687191 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/285687507 During the Industrial Revolution, certain areas began to specialize in producing a large amount of a particular product. Thus the term, Specialization. It also lead to the creation of some sports teams. For example, the Nebraskan Corn Huskers.

]]> 2018-09-25 17:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/285687507 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287625337 Andrew Carnegie led the expansion of the American Steel industry during the industrial Revolution. He was one of Americas leading philanthropists.  He had given around 350$ million to charities, and had built thousands of libraries throughout his life, as a way to give back to the people. In 1901, he sold his steel company to J.P Morgan for 480$ Million.


]]> 2018-10-01 14:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287625337 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287629289 George was an american inventor and industrialist. He is known best for inventing the sleeper car, as well as building his own town for his workers, which was known as Pullman. In 1994, there was a downturn in manufacturing demand. In order to save profitability, he lowered workers wages, and forced them to work long hours at the plant. These poor conditions eventually led to the event know as the Pullman Strike.

]]> 2018-10-01 14:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287629289 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287633321 This was a term used frequently in the financial sector. It is used to describe someone who is extremely bullish on using gold as a measurement of wealth. They were, of course, opposed to silverites, who favored both gold and silver. Gold Bugs were also typically republicans.

]]> 2018-10-01 14:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287633321 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287636145 Time Zones were created as a result of the formation of the railroads. People needed another way of measuring time besides town specific clocks.  The new time zones provided what they needed. They proved to be an efficient way of standardizing time throughout the United States.


]]> 2018-10-01 14:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287636145 21vankeulenjordan https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287640765 When steel was first invented, we had known that it would be important. However, we likely didn't know that it would be as important as it turned out to be. Today, we use steel in almost everything. We use it in buildings, Ships, Cars, etc.]]> 2018-10-01 14:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/21vankeulenjordan/6g2y0epego2u/wish/287640765