https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9 en-us 2017-01-02 18:37:45 UTC 2017-01-02 19:12:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png tylong11 https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144994785 Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794 in Staten Island, New York.  His father instilled in him a blunt, straightforward demeanor, and his mother, frugality and hard work. At age 11, young Cornelius quit school to work with his father, ferrying cargo.  At age 18, Vanderbilt contracted with the U.S. government to supply outposts during the War of 1812. By the end of the war, he had obtained a small amount of boats and around $10,000 ferrying passengers and freight from Boston to Delaware Bay.  On December 19, 1813, much to the dismay of his parents, Cornelius Vanderbilt married his first cousin, Sophia Johnson. http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195#early-life]]> 2017-01-02 18:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144994785 tylong11 https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144995384 Cornelius Vanderbilt partnered with Thomas Gibbons in a steamship business that they called, The Union Line. He became a quick study in legal matters. They began to ferry customers from New York to New Jersey and back again. Gibbons died in 1826, and Cornelius Vanderbilt wanted to buy all of his share of the company. Gibbons son, however, did not want to sell. Vanderbilt then created the Dispatch Line, and it became so successful that Gibbons was forced to buy him out. Vanderbilt continued this style and undercut competition until they were forced to buy him out. Vanderbilt became a millionaire through this type of work. http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195#success-on-the-rails]]> 2017-01-02 18:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144995384 tylong11 https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144996172 Towards the end of his life he bought a lot of railroads and that also helped him to amass great wealth because he was undercutting other competitors. http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195#final-years-and-legacy ]]> 2017-01-02 19:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144996172 tylong11 https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144996390 Vanderbilt had no plans to pass on any of his wealth to charity. However, his wife introduced him to  Reverend Holland Nimmons McTyeire who asked him for funding for a Methodist University in Tennessee. Before he died he promised to fund a university that would later be called Vanderbilt University (my dream school). http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195#final-years-and-legacy]]> 2017-01-02 19:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144996390 tylong11 https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144996576 I believe that he was a robber baron, because even though he made his wealth himself, the way in which he did it was dishonest. He would undercut anyone and it's even said that he would beat up other men who tried to cross him.]]> 2017-01-02 19:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144996576 tylong11 https://padlet.com/tylong11/p9ecetk5lgc9/wish/144996722

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