https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit Five great inventors from after the Civil War en-us 2019-10-08 18:20:52 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 819297 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395238471 He was born on July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York. He was an entrepreneur and a CEO of a major company. He was also an American industrialist and was the head of the Standard Oil Company. He became the world's richest man because he started this company and gained many fortunes. He used his fortunes to help many causes. He died on May 23, 1837 in Ormond Beach, Florida.

"John D. Rockefeller." Biography.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 8 Oct. 2019.]]> 2019-10-08 18:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395238471 819297 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395238694 He was born February 7, 1804 in Rutland, Virginia. He was an american inventor and invented agricultural equipment that changed the lives of farmers all around the US. He then established the John Deere company that became the leafing powerhouse in creating agricultural equipment. He was a mayor in Moline, Illinois after he retired from leading the John Deere company. He died May 17, 1886 at his home in Moline, Illinois.

"John Deere." Biography.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 8 Oct. 2019.]]> 2019-10-08 18:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395238694 819297 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395238926 George Westinghouse was born October 6, 1846 in Central Bridge, New York. He invented the air brake system used in railroad service and he made riding on the railroad safer. He also promoted AC technology with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. He had a competition with Thomas Edison called the Seven Years War and it was about Westinghouse's AC electricity and Thomas Edison's DC electricity. He died March 12, 1914.

"George Westinghouse." Biography. N. p., 2019. Web. 8 Oct. 2019.]]> 2019-10-08 18:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395238926 819297 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395301556 Andrew Carnegie was born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom. He built his own steel corporation and it became the largest and most powerful steel corporation in the US. He then sold his company and began his philanthropic work and established a University called Carnegie-Mellon University in 1904. He then passed away on August 11, 1919. He called himself a entrepreneur and a philanthropist.

"Andrew Carnegie." Biography. N. p., 2019. Web. 8 Oct. 2019.]]> 2019-10-08 20:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395301556 819297 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395305292 Alexander Graham Bell was born March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh Scotland. He invented the telephone because he had been inspired while working on a different project and thought about making a device that transmitted the human voice over wires. He was in the telephone industry. He became famous for his invention, but he continued to experiment and make new inventions and he was also very charitable because he had so much money. He helped with many causes that dealt with helping deaf people and he stared the National Geographic magazine. He died peacefully on August 2, 1922.

"Alexander Graham Bell." Biography.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 8 Oct. 2019.]]> 2019-10-08 20:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/h4wzxzhalcit/wish/395305292