Cornelius Vanderbilt

Industrialization on the US Industrialization on the US was a curse in many cases. It made others suffer or everybody in the US suffer. There was no winner based on how the treatment on others worked. It hurt the Economy as a whole and made the view on the US unwelcomed for those seeking fortune and a way to escape their old life to a new one. The idea the US proposed at the time hurt the minority’s and mad the majority feel more alpha towards their daily life towards others. It caused…

The man that took control of the Rail Road was “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt and was one of the first Big Businesses in the United States. This brought more economic development to the nation because of all the new transported goods across the country. These Rail Road’s transported iron, steel, and lumber across the…

hearing speeches from Neil deGrasse Tyson. Being able to study either on of those topics would put me on cloud 9. From discussing how time dilation causes if one twin travels far into space ages slower than the one who stays on Earth to how Cornelius Vanderbilt bought railroad systems so that the only way trains get through is if they put his product on the trains puts me at a better place. Everytime I mention Astronomy or Astrophysics, people give me the “ Are you insane” it gives me more of a…

For many in the world, success comes in packages of green paper. Such was the case of the capitalists who shaped post-Civil War America. It was the time of the industrial revolution. Along with abundant fossil fuels, and the innovative machines they powered, the Industrial Revolution launched an era of accelerated change that continues to transform human society. It was the time of the greatest industrialists, financiers, and businessmen emerged. The powerful, wealthy industrialists, who…

Barons”, for the reason of their business practices, these names are known today and the decedents of their products are still in use today: John D. Rockefeller: Oil, John Jacob Astor: Real Estate and Fur, Henry Clay Frick: Steel, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt: Shipping and Railroads, Jay Gould and James Fisk: Railroads and Finance, Andrew Carnegie: Railroads and Steel, Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and George Mortimer Pullman: Railroads, Andrew Mellon, and John…

Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, and Thomas Edison. They constructed a bold vision for modern America and transformed tremendously. Down to oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobile and finance. Background about Andrew Carnegie Andrew…

Victoria Woodhull Victoria Woodhull was born on September 23, 1838, in Homer, Ohio. Victoria Woodhull lived a hard life as a child, growing up poor and being raised in the filth. She was the seventh out of ten children, born to Roxanna Hummel Clafin, Reuben Buckman Clafin. Her mother was illegitimate, illiterate, and a religious fanatic, while her father was a con man and a thief. Growing up, Victoria was beaten, starved, and sexually abused by her father at a young age. She received very…

Daniel Dale US History 2020 The myth of the robber barons, a review “The myth of the robber barons” by Burton W. Folsom Jr. is a History Professor at the College of Hillsdale who tells the story of big business in early america and shows the men of this time period being the reasoning for america's advancement into its own industrial and transportation revolution, he writes this book for the college student wanting to understand american market practice of the time as well as the light reader…

The 19th century was a great time to see goals of an economic system, views of human nature, and the purpose of government. The 19th century also had a rise in the industrial revolution. Cornelius Vanderbilt was taking over the railroad lines which connected the rest of the US to the most important city at the time. John D. Rockefeller became the world’s richest man till this day with the oil industry. Andrew Carnegie saw that steel was a product…

The Civil War was one, if not the most significant war in United States history. The war was started by slave debate in 1820. The state of Missouri wanted to become a slave state. The Missouri compromise of 1820 led to the agreement that Missouri would officially become a slave state. Texas which was a part of Mexican territory became a slave state since the English settlers brought slaves into the state. With slavery present it led to the Mexican American War. They settled with Texas as a slave…