https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p Made with whimsy en-us 2018-09-24 16:23:31 UTC 2018-09-26 16:40:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 21turnerchristopher https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285125937 Robber baron is a business leader that gets what it wants by any means necessary. They achieve the things they do by overworking workers and being ruthless. I say ruthless because they don't care what happens to other people but just themselves. These leaders become very rich in the process while others suffer. The ones that suffer include the farmers who are overpriced because of Robber Baron businessmen. ]]> 2018-09-24 16:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285125937 21turnerchristopher https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285131191 Its a situation where one business makes a product. Therefore they have complete control over prices. With this the business over prices the products. People like the farmers suffered from this by having to pay excessive prices.]]> 2018-09-24 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285131191 21turnerchristopher https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285133647 Said to be the GOAT Thomas contributed many things to science. First he invented the light bulb. This action which switched it from kerosene to electric light bulbs. Also he had over 1000 patents. ]]> 2018-09-24 16:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285133647 21turnerchristopher https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285195809 This man created the telephone. The telephone was the first form of communication across a distance that worked. In the future this invention created jobs and global connection. He also created the American telephone company in 1885]]> 2018-09-24 18:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285195809 21turnerchristopher https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285199077 A very big idea is switching from rural to urban. This means moving away from the country life to the city life. This action reduced farmers and increased factory workers. This led to a industrial boom and was a factor of America becomeing a world pow]]> 2018-09-24 18:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285199077 21turnerchristopher https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285633120 The thing that interested me the most was the greed in America back then. An example is the railroad companies overcharging the farmers. They did this because they could and it really struck me. So, in all retrospect the railroad companies got rich and the famers were almost poor because of it. This was finally fixed by the Interstate commerce Act which limited the price railroad s could charge someone for transportation. ]]> 2018-09-25 16:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285633120 21turnerchristopher https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285636811 One thing I relate to is the switching of rural to urban. My grandparents have been living in the country their whole lives and I grew up their. My parents decided to move to more of a citie life in Akron and then moved again to here, Hartville Ohio. The lifestyles and communication are different from those in the country to those in the cities.]]> 2018-09-25 16:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21turnerchristopher/vf903tsybc4p/wish/285636811