Cornelius Vanderbilt by Brandon Baez https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1 en-us 2022-12-09 13:36:44 UTC 2025-04-25 08:48:58 UTC hello@padlet.com s27madridme https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415624489 2022-12-09 13:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415624489 s27madridme https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415626091 2022-12-09 13:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415626091 s27mdecade https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629000 Vanderbilt acquired his wealth by joining the railroad business and gaining control of the railroads in New York and Harlem.]]> 2022-12-09 13:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629000 s27mdecade https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629214 Vanderbilt Donated his money to Colleges,Universities. He Also used his money to help others. He helped to develop churches. He also Contributed to Long Island(L.I.) mansions built during the “Glided Age”.]]> 2022-12-09 13:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629214 s27mdecade https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629457 VanderBilt donated his money by donating his namesake steamship called the Vanderbilt to the Union navy which was $1 Million and was used to help to neutralize the alabama, After the war he donated $1 million to endow a university in the south to try to repair relations between north and south.]]> 2022-12-09 13:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629457 s27mdecade https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629685 Positive Quotes: 
  • ¨Allowed businesses to easily ship goods¨
Negative Quotes
  • ¨Consolidated smaller railroads to control most of the industry.”
  • “Tried to “corner, or completely control”
  • Railroad swallowed by his massive corporations”
]]> 2022-12-09 13:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629685 s27bbaez https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629866 Vanderbilt treated workers well, offering employment to thousands who otherwise would have been unemployed.]]> 2022-12-09 13:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415629866 s27mdecade https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415630911 Vanderbilt is a Captain of Industry because of the way he worked and also how he was a good person who philanthropy to people. He is also a hard worker and he is helpful. He helped churches and colleges/universities by donating money they may need. ]]> 2022-12-09 13:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415630911 s27madridme https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415631001 2022-12-09 13:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415631001 s27madridme https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415631382 2022-12-09 13:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415631382 s27madridme https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415631808 2022-12-09 13:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415631808 s27madridme https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415632664 2022-12-09 13:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415632664 s27bbaez https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415642731 2022-12-09 14:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415642731 s27bbaez https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415651521 1.  Cornelius Vanderbilt had come from a relatively poor background. He ended up being one of the wealthiest men in America. At his death, he had a net worth estimated at over 100 million U. S. Dollars.
2. ¨Upon his death, Vanderbilt donated one million dollars to Nashville Central University that became Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.¨
3. He died by a "long suffering from a complication of chronic disorders."]]> 2022-12-09 14:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s27bbaez/gdt25mwdcnrdn4l1/wish/2415651521