https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j "Robber Baron" or "Captain of Industry"? en-us 2017-12-14 15:19:12 UTC 2017-12-18 17:17:12 UTC hello@padlet.com jbartley9522 https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216199876 Born: May 27,1794
Died: January 4, 1877

Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Staten Island, New York into a humble family. His parents were farmers and operated a small ferry transport between Staten Island and Manhattan. ]]> 2017-12-14 15:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216199876 jbartley9522 https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216202828 In 1820, Vanderbilt started his own ship bunisness. He began building steamships and operating ferry lines all over New York. Vanderbilt was a very aggresive and ruthless bussniss man,  working hard and taking advantage of every bussiness oppertuinty he was given. He was know to get into fare wars with rival business. 

In 1850, Vanderbilt expanded his business. He created a new route from New York to San Francisco for his steamships to transport goods. His newly created route was the fastest one yet and he was making twenty-six million dollars a year in today's economy. ]]> 2017-12-14 15:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216202828 jbartley9522 https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216212307 Vanderbilt had very little schooling growing up and often was helping his family with their small business. He helped his fathers operate their ferry, transport merchandise, and work on the ferry. 
In Vanderbilt's teens he acquired a ferry of his own and began expanding on his family's business. He eventually had a small fleet of small ferries operating all over the New York Harbor. ]]> 2017-12-14 16:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216212307 jbartley9522 https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216213285 Cornelius Vanderbilt married his cousin Sophia Johnson in 1813. Vanderbilt and Sophia had thirteen children together and were married until 1867 when Sophia died. 

In 1868, Vanderbilt remarried to another one of his cousins named Frank Armstrong Crawford. ]]> 2017-12-14 16:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216213285 jbartley9522 https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216518812 In 1860, Vanderbilt began his railroads business and shifted his focus away from his steamship business. Vanderbilt started a railroad industry that controlled rails from Chicago to New York. He established the first interregional railing system. The coherent system reached all over the United States, lowered costs, was more efficient, and increased travel and time. ]]> 2017-12-15 15:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216518812 jbartley9522 https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216532350 Before Vanderbilt's death he gave one million dollars for the establishment, creation, and build of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. ]]> 2017-12-15 16:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216532350 jbartley9522 https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216533860 History.com Staff. “Cornelius Vanderbilt.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2010, www.history.com/topics/cornelius-vanderbilt.]]> 2017-12-15 16:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jbartley9522/v8tqoyb1ux0j/wish/216533860