https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v Made with a little mischief en-us 2019-10-08 20:54:33 UTC 2024-05-24 15:47:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 8205101 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395310614 Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 3, 1847. His mother and wife were both deaf. When he was young him and his dad always worked on  mechanics of voice and elocution. He is known for inventing the first working telephone but he made many other inventions too. When he made the discovery of the telephone he had a lot of trouble getting it out there. He had trouble finding investors; even after he found some there were many people suing him saying they had the idea first. Some of the cases even made it to the supreme court but none of them were successful. When he was done with all the complications he started a successful telephone company. He died August 2, 1922, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.]]> 2019-10-08 20:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395310614 8205101 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395963976 Oliver Evans was born September 13, 1755, Newport, DE. He was always good at math and had a great interest in engineering. Like most men during his time he worked at the mills, which was a very hard and intense job. He later proceeded to buy some land from his father along with his brothers. In the land him and his brothers started a grain mill but the process  to turn wheat into flour was very hard, dirty and tedious, so that's when he started his inventions. After a few years he perfected his inventions which were 5 machines the worked together that made the job a lot easier, faster, and took less manual labor. Hos inventions were recognized everywhere and even the president recognized his fine work. He later turned his interests to the stem engine; he did not invent it but he did improve it. He made the first "high-pressure" steam engine which is faster and more portable. He was a very successful and wealthy man, he died  in New York City on April 15, 1819.]]> 2019-10-10 05:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395963976 8205101 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395970728 Andrew Carnegie was born November 25, 1835, Dunfermline, United Kingdom. He was born into a humble family. When he was young he had many jobs like at a cotton factory and at rail road companies. He later got promoted and that is when he started to invest in the iron, coal and oil industry. He started to become wealthy at a very young age. He began his own steel company that was very successful and dominated the industry. His name was heavily tainted because he was responsible for the deaths of many workers when a union formed at his plant that protested wage cuts and many other things.   He sold his company for $480 million dollars. He later became a  Philanthropist and gave way millions of dollars during that time. His mother who was very important to him and lived with him until her death. Carnegie died at age 83 on August 11, 1919, at Shadowbrook.]]> 2019-10-10 05:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395970728 8205101 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395976585 Christopher Sholes was born February 14, 1819, Mooresburg, PA.  At the age of 18 Sholes went to work with his brothers at a newspaper. He later made his way up to becoming the editor of the paper. Time passed and he founded his own newspaper the Telegraph. The newspaper was  against capital punishment and war and promoted women's rights. He was married to Mary Jane McKinney and became involved in politics. He was the first senator of the state of Wisconsin. He was an inventor and was tired of having to write everything by hand or using the long process of the printing press. With much help and effort he invented the first typewriter. The typewriter became very famous and successful because of how easy it was to use and everyone wanted to invest in it. He invented the keyboard we use today and helped millions get jobs because of his invention. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 17, 1890.]]> 2019-10-10 06:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395976585 8205101 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395990889 Sources used for all - Wikipedia, History.com, PBS.com

Samuel Slater was born on June 9, 1768, Belper, United Kingdom. He is known as the "father of the American factory system." He worked at the mills at a very young age but as he grew up he got promoted. He knew how to work all the machines and how the machines worked themselves. Slater studied all the machines and found out how they were made. He moved to the U.S. to become wealthy by bringing all of his knowledge from the technology back from Britain. Slater with the support of many was the first to build a water-powered cotton spinning mill in America. The Rhode Island System was the system Slater had created which was a village the housed all of his workers at the same sight of the mill. The village had workers of all ages and had a store and school owned by Slater himself. It became very popular and successful and he made many of these villages all over the country. Samuel Slater died on April 21, 1835, Webster, MA.]]> 2019-10-10 07:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6kma15xgm44v/wish/395990889