https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/gmr345862r5h Made with a little mischief.... en-us 2017-10-05 16:04:09 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png 503043 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/gmr345862r5h/wish/194384440 Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland. At the age of 13, Carnegie and his family moved to the United states. His family settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Before Carnegie became a billionaire, he struggled to find work. He wanted a job that could not just benefit him but his family too. In 1853, he began working at the Pennsylvania railroad. He later was promoted to a superintendent, where Carnegie learned a lot about the railroad industry. By 1889 he owned Carnegie Steel Corporation, the largest steel company in the world. He went on to become one of the most powerful and wealthiest man alive. Carnegie died on August 11, 1919, in Lenox, Massachusetts.]]> 2017-10-05 16:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/gmr345862r5h/wish/194384440 503043 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/gmr345862r5h/wish/194931929 John Piermont Morgan, also known as J.P. Morgan, was born on April 7, 1937 in Hartford, Connecticut. Morgan was born into a wealthy family. One of his maternal relatives, was a founder of Yale University, his grandfather was founder of Aetna Insurance Company, and his father, Junius Spencer Morgan, ran a successful Hartford dry- goods company. In 1861, Morgan married Amelia Struges, whom was daughter to a wealthy New York business owner. Amelia later died of tuberculosis, months after their wedding. ]]> 2017-10-07 18:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/gmr345862r5h/wish/194931929