https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou Robber Barons Padlet en-us 2017-12-22 01:21:35 UTC 2025-10-16 17:30:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 18ahholder https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802504 John Pierpont Morgan was born on April 17th, 1837 and died March 31st, 1913. Morgan's first marriage was to Amelia Sturges in 1861. This marriage lasted one year due to her death. His second marriage was to Frances Tracy in 1865. Together they had four children: Louisa, JP Morgan Jr., Juliet, and Anne.]]> 2017-12-22 01:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802504 18ahholder https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802675 JP Morgan helped immensely with American industry in many ways. He helped reorganize railroads, which in turn helped him create U.S. Steel (which is worth one billion dollars in today's economy). He also made plenty of money in banking. The money he made in banking he used to help the U.S. during the depressions of 1893 and 1907.]]> 2017-12-22 01:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802675 18ahholder https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802804 JP Morgan was a very successful man, but success was not always his most interesting attribute. In 1912, JP was investigated for holding a trust among wealthy Wall Street financiers. He did this to control banking and the industry itself.]]> 2017-12-22 01:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802804 18ahholder https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802902 J.P Morgan began his career as a accountant in the late 1850's and worked for several banking firms before he partnered with Anthony Drexel in 1871 to create the firm J.P Morgan and Company.]]> 2017-12-22 01:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802902 18ahholder https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802922 J.P died at age 75 on March 31, 1913 in Rome, Italy. Then his family decided to make his house in New York into the Pierpont Library. Overall J.P Morgan helped the U.S in many ways with his businesses, but it came at a cost to his workers. And that's why he is a Robber Baron.]]> 2017-12-22 01:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802922 18ahholder https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802967 Congressional investigation and Death- (Morgan H) http://www.history.com/topics/john-pierpont-morgan
Beginnings and how he helped the industry- (Morgan B) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande10.html
Labor Relations Morgan A- http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog17/transcript/page04.html]]> 2017-12-22 01:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217802967 18ahholder https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217803031 2017-12-22 01:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18ahholder/9w8d2sf7tfou/wish/217803031