https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w industrial revolution en-us 2018-09-24 18:24:42 UTC 2018-09-26 18:25:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 21knochclay https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285202802 The transcontinental railroad was a railroad that went from the east coast to the west coast.The Chinese and the Irish were on the railroad. The united states brought them here because the people thought that the people on the railroad would die anyhow. The people who started on the east coast went 3/4 of the way because all they had to do is go through the great plains but the people in the west had to go through the rocky mountains so it took them a lot longer . But finally the met in promontory point, Utah ]]> 2018-09-24 18:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285202802 21knochclay https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285636145 Monopolies was a huge thing back in the 1800's . Monopolies was when you produce one thing and no one else produces that product because you bought out all the companies that produced that stuff. Thank fully the government finally put a cap on business's. J.D Rockefeller was a huge person in monopoly he turned his oil company into the biggest oil company.  ]]> 2018-09-25 16:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285636145 21knochclay https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285680285 He created sleeper cars for people who traveled on the railroad.He also built a town for his employees to stay at . His town name is Pullman, Illinois and it was a nice town with nice parks and people they only had workers there so that they could produce more cars so that his business would boom. Pullman was also a robber baron because he didn't pay his workers enough and the rent was really high in his city.]]> 2018-09-25 17:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285680285 21knochclay https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285719277 He was a big businessman in the industrial revolution he made a big oil industry in Cleveland,Ohio.He was a monopolist he bought all of the the oil industry's. He also has a skyscraper in New York City named about him. Rockefeller was also a robber baron because he really never let his workers have money.]]> 2018-09-25 18:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285719277 21knochclay https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285722848 People who are philanthropist's are people who give money back to charity.Andrew Carnegie was a big philanthropist he gave back 350 million dollars to charity.He also built library's for the poor he called them poor man's university's. lebron James is a philanthropist today he just built a school for poor kids and the schools name is I Promise .]]> 2018-09-25 18:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/285722848 21knochclay https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/286153022 The farmers of the industrial revolution were always very angry.The farmers surprised me on what they did they made a party called the populists.The farmers were getting screwed by the railroad companies. They were getting charged hundreds of dollars just to ship goods to the markets just so the railroad people could make more money.]]> 2018-09-26 17:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/286153022 21knochclay https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/286156320 I remember back in 3rd grade we took a field trip on a train around hartville. The train ride was cool but now it is cooler to think about that train i rode in was created by George Pullman because he invented the sleeper car.The bad thing was the train it was old and didn't really ride smooth it was bumpy.Also a thing to connect to is the lights before it was oil lamps and now it is electric bulbs the oil lamps were from J.D Rockefeller because he made a monopoly out of oil.]]> 2018-09-26 17:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/21knochclay/v0aqk55fax3w/wish/286156320