https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq Made with a curious mind en-us 2018-09-24 16:19:46 UTC 2018-09-28 16:05:26 UTC hello@padlet.com 21hazelettalexis https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285122407 Before the Transcontinental Railroads were made it took six months to get from one side of the country to the other. After they were made it only took six days. The people that were working on making the railroads were Chinese and Irish immigrants. The railroads were also helpful with getting food across the country fast. ]]> 2018-09-24 16:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285122407 21hazelettalexis https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285127331 During the Industrial Revolution there was many things made for women but the one that had a large impact was the sewing machines. It had a large impact because the women made clothes, towels, and many more things that could be shipped. ]]> 2018-09-24 16:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285127331 21hazelettalexis https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285636337 Andrew Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry. He donated a significant amount of money to educational, scientific, and cultural institutions. When Carnegie was in school and was a bobbin boy in a cotton factory, he only brought home $1.20 a week. Then he invented steel and later sold the Carnegie steel industry to banker John Pierpont Morgan for $480 million.]]> 2018-09-25 16:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285636337 21hazelettalexis https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285641168 Horatio Alger was a famous writer, known best for Gospel of Wealth. He went to Harvard , then left and took a seven month tour to Europe. He sold over 20 million copies of his books.]]> 2018-09-25 16:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285641168 21hazelettalexis https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285645800 a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.]]> 2018-09-25 16:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/285645800 21hazelettalexis https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/286890112 The most interesting thing to me was that the Chinese did most of the railroads.]]> 2018-09-28 11:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/286890112 21hazelettalexis https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/286891111 You can still travel across the world in days it doesn't take months.]]> 2018-09-28 11:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21hazelettalexis/ey1ejvw7kfqq/wish/286891111