https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9 en-us 2023-01-23 22:32:00 UTC 2025-10-06 09:27:56 UTC hello@padlet.com saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2453984596 Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish industrialist who discovered the Bessemer process. During the late 1800’s he was able to create. steel in a safer and more efficient manner, allowing it’s price to go down, and leading to the rise of the steel industry. As a result, he became one of the richest Americans. Towards the end of his life, he donated a large amount of his wealth to the public, known as the “gospel of wealth,” to help improve society.]]> 2023-01-23 22:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2453984596 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2453992768 Rockefeller was an oil refiner who operated the Standard Oil Company in the late 1800’s. He would buy out railroads and other oil companies, leading to him controlling a large amount of America’s oil production. This made him one the richest people in history. His developments in the oil industry helped supply energy to many Americans.]]> 2023-01-23 22:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2453992768 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2453998488 The Vanderbilt brother’s were entrepreneurs of several railroad and steamboat companies. They helped transport goods around America and would influence transportation systems in the United States. ]]> 2023-01-23 23:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2453998488 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454002485 Morgan was a banker who played a big role in corporate finance in the Guilded Age. In the 1850’s, he worked on the baking system, which was important for the American economy since it would influence how our banks work today, ]]> 2023-01-23 23:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454002485 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454005469 Bell was a Scottish engineer and inventor who would create the first telephone. He did so by experimenting with different ways if transmitting sounds over wires. He helped develop the American telegraph system and also he partially founded the AT&T company.]]> 2023-01-23 23:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454005469 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454034465 Christopher Sholes was an American inventor who created the typewriter. It allowed for typing information on paper to be faster than it ever was before. The typewriter also used a QWERTY keyboard format still used in computers today.]]> 2023-01-24 00:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454034465 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454037108 Orville and Wilbur Wright were pioneers in aviation, creating and flying the first plane in 1903. Today, airplanes are an important factor in making transportation of goods and people across the world a faster process. ]]> 2023-01-24 00:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454037108 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454038485 Elisha Otis was an American industrialist who invented a safety device for elevators, which prevents it from falling if the cable broke. He founded the Otis Elevator Company.]]> 2023-01-24 00:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454038485 saldajenodl24 https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454040763 George Eastman was an American entrepreneur who, in the late 1800’s, brought the use of roll film to photography. He would be the founder of the Eastern Kodak Company. ]]> 2023-01-24 00:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/saldajenodl24/npmshrs9f6ef6cd9/wish/2454040763