https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0 en-us 2018-10-01 15:42:22 UTC 2026-03-16 13:48:49 UTC hello@padlet.com ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290415348 Andrew Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry. He dominated the steel industry by 1890. Carnegie was a philanthropist, meaning someone who seeks to promote welfare.  He was one of the Captains of Industry who led America into a new industrial era during the nineteenth century. Carnegie was accountable for the Homestead strike. He helped the people after it happened.  Andrew Carnegie donate enough money to help build 3,000 libraries. He also gave away $350 million dollars in his life.]]> 2018-10-08 17:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290415348 ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290416338 There was no safety equipment and no government regulation. There was no minimum wage to make sure it was fair, and child labor was completely legal. Factories were dirty and workers rarely ever got breaks. Every once in a while, they were whipped. They worked, on average about 6, 14 hour days a week. Small children climbed around in dangerous machinery and they worked instead of going to school. Factories were probably the worst places to work. The only light was the sunlight that came through the windows. Machines let out smoke and in some factories. Many times workers came out covered in black stuff from the machines.]]> 2018-10-08 17:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290416338 ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290417722 Large families had to live in small rooms together. There was a lot of sickness due to poor sanitary living conditions. Families were extremely poor. There was no heating or indoor plumbing. Many people lived in tenements. It was overcrowded,
 the living conditions were very poor because it was very unsanitary. The prices for rent and food went up. People had to fight for jobs in order to live and support their family. Five to nine people lived in a single room which was as big as an apartment. Not only was there not enough room, but more people got sick as well. because they are all sharing everything and placed in such a crammed space.]]> 2018-10-08 17:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290417722 ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290418106 Michael Faraday was an English chemist who created the first electric motor. The electric motor changed the world in a better way, it made things a lot easier on people. Instead of everything being done my hand they could have machines and other objects stronger and more durable do the work.  ]]> 2018-10-08 17:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290418106 ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290513815 2018-10-08 23:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/290513815 ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/291003454 2018-10-09 20:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/291003454 ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/291342549 2018-10-10 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/291342549 ashley_bzdyl2 https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/291344549 2018-10-10 16:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_bzdyl2/ukyupjzfa7x0/wish/291344549