https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio A new and improved America en-us 2018-09-24 12:56:53 UTC 2025-11-18 06:37:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 21thompsondelaney https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/284987711 Carengie was an Irish immigrant who was very wealthy. He was considered a philanthropist which is a person who donuts large amounts of profits to charities. Carengie was the leader of the steel industry from 1873-1901. He had expanded the industry with his business, "Carengie Steel Company" mainly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The steel industry is still used today!]]> 2018-09-24 13:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/284987711 21thompsondelaney https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/285470683 Thomas Edison has over 1,000 inventions such as the light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph. His inventions have impacted America still today. Without his inventions, we wouldn't have the light we use today. As well, if he wouldn't have invented certain patents, the world wouldn't be as in place as it is today.]]> 2018-09-25 13:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/285470683 21thompsondelaney https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/285473120 Big businesses were becoming more common during the Industrial Revolution. They were larger in size, profit, power, and influences. Laissez Faire allowed businessmen to grow their companies to a much larger size. Philanthropist are people who donated large sums of money to charities that needed them. Business growth widened the gap between the rich and poor allowing equality. ]]> 2018-09-25 13:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/285473120 21thompsondelaney https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/285804566 These railroads were made from the Chinese and the Irish. They made the railroads entirely by hands which is manual labor. George Pullman invented sleeping cars which were comfortable cars for the train for people to sleep peacefully which changed the railroad. This led to more people wanting to use railroads. Promontory Point, Utah was the meeting spot in the middle of the railroad. ]]> 2018-09-25 22:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/285804566 21thompsondelaney https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/286624368 For anyone who favored gold over silver or anything else, they were considered a gold bug. William McKinley was a Republican gold bug who favored only gold for the back up money supply. Most people were silverites who in which favored not only gold to back up the money supply but as well as silver. ]]> 2018-09-27 16:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/286624368 21thompsondelaney https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/286629835 Over this unit, I have learned the significant of the Industrial Revolution such as the immigrants moved to the cities for jobs that have higher paying wages. Also, the U.S. is a great fit for Industrial Revolution considering they had spirit of inventions, large sums of natural resources, had high growing population and labor forces, and had Lassize Faire.]]> 2018-09-27 16:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/286629835 21thompsondelaney https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/286691332 In the Industrial Revolution, the immigrants used natural resources to build the railroad and my dad uses natural resources to fix peoples houses with the business his best friend built. They use labor union and work together and cooperate.]]> 2018-09-27 18:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21thompsondelaney/q3ohr5vyzyio/wish/286691332