Industrial Revolution Biographies

Industrial Revolution Biographies
First Period

By Matthew Villalobos and Trace Brewer
Andrew Carnegie By Matthew Villalobos and Trace Brewer

Background Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunferminland, Fife, Scotland, UK Died August, 11, 1919 at the age of 83 Cause of Death was Bronchia Pneumonia

INFORMATION Andrew Carnegie is remembered for two achievements: making enormous amounts of money as one of America's most successful industrialists, and then giving most of that money away. By 1881, the steel manufacturing plant he had built in Braddock, Pennsylvania, was twice as much as Britain's largest steel company. Steel made him wealthy almost beyond belief. In 1901, he sold what was then the Carnegie Steel Company to J.P. Morgan for $480 million — $10.6 billion in today's dollars.

Andrew Carnegie Pictures

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902 age 86)

Elizabeth was known For…
was an American social activist, abolitionist, presented at the first women's rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage, New York, movements in the United States. She was the 8th of 11 kids, was born in Johnstown, New York.

Early Life Sorry couldn’t find a young picture of Elizabeth
Five of her siblings died in early childhood. The sixth sibling, her oldest brother Eleazar, died at age 20 just before his graduation from Union College in Schenectady, New York. Only Elizabeth and her four sisters lived into adulthood and old age. Later in her life, Elizabeth named her two daughters after two of her sisters, Margaret and Harriot.

Education She attended Johnstown Academy
She could not graduate there and in stead went to Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York

Early Women's Rights Movements
In 1848, Elizabeth Stanton joined Mott, Mott's sister Martha Coffin Wright, and a group of other women in Seneca Falls. Together they put together the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls on July Elizabeth Stanton drafted a Declaration of Sentiments, which she read at the convention, Elizabeth Stanton's declaration proclaimed that men and women are created equal. She proposed, among other things, and then demanding voting rights for women.

Timeline of Elizabeth’s life
Nov. 12, 1815: Elizabeth Cady Stanton is born 1851: Elizabeth Cady Stanton meets Susan B. Anthony 1866: Elizabeth and Susan help establish American Equal Rights Association, which was to get voting rights for African Americans and women. 1920: Fourteen years after Susan B. Anthony's death, the 19th amendment allowed women to vote, as of August 26.

James B .Weaver By Tori and Ryanna

Who? James Baird Weaver Born on June 12th, 1833 in Dayton ,Ohio.
His parents were Abram and Susan Weaver. They had 13 children and James was the oldest. Abram was a farmer so they family had to move a lot because of the farming.

Known for… He was a populist. In 186 he elected into the United States House of Representatives from Iowa’s 6th district.

Presidential Candidacies
He ran for president two times. Once in 1880 for the 1880 presidential election. Weaver helped find the Populist Party . In 1892 he was the presidential candidate for the Populist Party. He was unsuccessful for both elections.

John D. Rockefeller he was born July 8, 1839 he lived to May 23, 1937 Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.

Rockefeller as an industrial emperor, 1901 cartoon from Puck magazine
John Rockefeller,satirized in a 1901 puck cartoon, is enthroned

Born/early years July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937 Richford newyork usa
Rockefeller was the second of six children born in Richford, New York, to William Avery Rockefeller (November 13, 1810 – May 11, 1906) and Eliza Davison (September 12, 1813 – March 28, 1889).

He did/was. . . an American industrialist
Chairman of Standard Oil Company; investor; philanthropist Rockefeller formed Standard Oil of Ohio, which rapidly became the most profitable refiner in Ohio.

died May 23, 1937 (aged 97) Rockefeller spent the last 40 years of his life in retirement

Poem about his life I was early taught to work as well as play, My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

J.P Morgan By: Taylor Burns

Who: John Pierpont Morgan

Birth and Death J.P Morgan was born April 17th Hartford, Connecticut To mother: Juliet Pierpont Morgan To Father: Junius Spencer Morgan In Rome, Italy at age 75 he died of natural causes in his sleep, on May 31st, 1913.

Family Daughters: Lousia Pierpont Morgan Juliet Morgan Anne Morgan
Mother: Juliet Pierpont Morgan Father: Junius Spencer Morgan Wife: Amelia Sturges, who died in 1862. Wife: Frances Lousia Tracy Daughters: Lousia Pierpont Morgan Juliet Morgan Anne Morgan Son: John Pierpont Morgan

Education Morgan went to Hartford Public School and then went to the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut. He toke and passed a exam to get into English High School of Boston. (A school for young men in mathematics.)

Known For? Being one of he most influential backers in the history.
Made the company J.P Morgan & Company J.P Morgan brought together Europe and the U.S. He put together those who had money with those who needed money.

What happened to his business now?
When he passed away his business and fortune of $80 million was passed down to his son. His business is strong and good as ever, and is still up and running.

Marry Harris Jones, affectionately known as ‘Mother Jones’
WHO!? Marry Harris Jones, affectionately known as ‘Mother Jones’

What!? Mother Jones started out as a teacher and in her later fifties, decided to be a labor organizer. She was a radical supporter of mineworkers. She helped them to be recognized of their importance. She gave support to mineworker’s wives and families while the mineworkers were at work

From her late fifties to the day she died
When?!? From her late fifties to the day she died

Mother Jones had a huge interest in labor issues and radical politics.
Why?!? Mother Jones had a huge interest in labor issues and radical politics.

Samuel Gompers

Samuel Gompers born in January, 27, 1850
Samuel Gompers born in January, 27, He founded the American Federation of Labor which worked for better working conditions. He was born in a Jewish family in London England.

EARLY LIFE First he became apprentice as a shoe maker, than as cigar maker until his family immigrated to America, New York. He become part of the cigar-maker national union (his dad was cigar maker to) and soon become president of it. He wanted everyone to become part of it since capitalist keep lowering wages.

Most of Samuel Gompers actions were for better wages
Most of Samuel Gompers actions were for better wages. Like opposing immigration because it lowered wages, or the annexation Hawaii and Philippines since it can exploit cheap labor.

Samuel Gompers was mostly
Samuel Gompers was mostly influential character that worked so people would have an “American Quality” of a living. He had the AFL going very well. He died in December 13, 1924.

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Jay Gould By: Samantha Sandez

( also known as Jay Gould)
Who: Jason Gould ( also known as Jay Gould)

What Jay Gould is known as an American financier and a American railroad executive. He owned and controlled the system of New York elevated railways. Jay Gould made a fortune by controlling the price of the stocks . He later became one of the most important businessmen in America. Jay Gould became the 9th richest man in American history.

facts on parents and marriage:
His parents were: John Burr Gould ( ) and Mary More Gould ( ) Gould's father was of British colonial ancestry, and his mother of Scottish ancestry. His father was a farmer and a store keeper. marriage: 1863 Marriage to Helen Day Miller ( ) they had five children, named: George Jay Gould, Edwin Gould, Helen Gould, Anna Gould, and Frank Jay Gould.

When: Major accomplishments: Birth: May 27th 1836
In 1856 Published The History of Delaware County, and Border Years of New York. in 1867 Jay Gould fought for control of the Erie railroad, and won. 1868 Jay Gould becomes president of Erie railroad. 1869, Jay Gould begin to purchase gold in order to corner the market 1872 Jay Gould is forced to resign from the Erie railroad board and is replaced Death: December 2nd, 1892 Then in 1888 diagnosed with the tuberculosis that would kill him within four years 45

Where? Jay Gould’s birthplace is in Roxbury, New York
Locations for major accomplishments: He published the history of Delaware county in New York He fought for the Erie railroad in New York. Death location- Jay Gould died in New York. He was buried in Woodlawn cemetery in Bronx, New York

Additional info: He grew up on a farm They were a poor family.
He realized at a young age, that farm work was not his favorite. He received education in a local school. After leaving school at the age 16 he went to work for his father in the hardware business. Then at a lumber tanning business in western New York. He taught his self surveying and mathematics When Gould was between the ages of 18 and 20 he helped prepare maps of New York’s southern countries At age 21 Jay Gould invested five thousand dollars In 1856 he published history of Delaware county, and border wars of New York, he had spend several years writing it. 1860-Gould moved to New York and became a leather merchant He later became a stockbroker in wall street. 1863- got married Jay Gould becomes president of Erie Railway in 1868

The farmhouse built by Jay’s grandfather in 1789
The farmhouse built by Jay’s grandfather in Here Jay Gould was born in Only the front portion of the home, existed in Jay’s time.

Black Friday In August 1869, Jay Gould began to purchase gold in order to corner the market. Gould hoped that by cornering the market on gold, they could drive up the price of gold, that drives up the price of wheat, causing western farmers to increase their bread stuffs to the east, which would travel on the Erie railroad owned by jay Gould. In order to make this happen, jay Gould contacted President Ulysses S. Grant's brother-in-law, Abel Corbin, and to try to influence the president and his Secretary General Horace Porter. Although Gould's plan worked and gave him great profits, he however lost most of it in the lawsuit, and it cost him his reputation.

Why Jay Gould was important, because even though he was known as a robber baron, he did build new railway systems, and helped America back then with his deals, and purchases.

Jay Gould left $77 million for his family in 1892, before he died, at age 56.

early years older years

Circle map: Born may 27th,1836 Became a finacier and an industrialist Died on December 2, 1892 Jay gould Jay Gould’s real name is Jason Gould. Was the 9th richest man in American history The internet

By: Caleb Ross In association with Mark Pickering
Susan B. Anthony By: Caleb Ross In association with Mark Pickering

Early Life Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820.
She was born in Adams. Maryland. When she was 25, her and her family moved to Rochester , New York. She received her early education in a school maintained by her father. From the time when 17 to 32 she had taught in various schools. In 1856 she became an agent for the American Anti –Slavery Society.

Family Susan b. Anthony is the second oldest out of seven children.
Her brothers were Daniel and Jacob. Her sisters Guelma, Hannah, Mary, and Eliza. Her mother and father were Daniel an Lucy Anthony. Her father was a cotton manufacture and a abolitionist. Her mother was a teacher and right’s activist. Birth Place

About her At the age of three she learned how to read and write.
In 1826 she attended a local district school in Battenville, New York. After having a poor education she joined a home school group. In 1837, Susan was sent to Deborah Moulson's Female Seminary In 1851 she joined an “Women's state temperance society” with here life long friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She never married.

Death Susan B. Anthony died on March 13,1906.
Susan remained in Rochester, where she died of heart disease and pneumonia in her house at 17 Madison Street . Susan B. Anthony, who died 14 years before passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, was honored as the first real (non-allegorical) American woman on circulating U.S. coinage with her appearance on the Susan B. Anthony dollar. The coin, approximately the size of a U.S. quarter, was minted for only four years, 1979, 1980, 1981, and Anthony dollars were minted for circulation at the Philadelphia and Denver mints for all four years, and at the San Francisco mint for the first three production years. She was also featured on U.S. commemorative stamps in 1936 and 1954. Copy and Pasted

Cassidy Smith & Serena Liu
Thomas Edison Cassidy Smith & Serena Liu

Who? Thomas Alva Edison

Did You Know? Thomas Edison lost almost all his hearing at 12.
Thomas began to work as a telegraph operator when he was about 24. Thomas invented the phonograph in 1877. “Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best...." quote Thomas Edison He did not learn to talk until he was almost four years old. At school, Thomas was called “addled” or slow by his teacher. He was then home schooled by his mother, previously a teacher, after she pulled him out.

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison was known for his amazing invention of the light bulb. Thomas Edison wanted the public to use and like his invention, like the telegraph, so he tried to create something in that category. His first invention was the phonograph. This brought him great fame because it was the first machine to record and reproduce sound. He first wondered if it could record sound since the telegraph could send it. He added a stylus and then was surprised by the fact that it recorded “Mary Had a Little Lamb”. It has a mouthpiece and when spoken into, the vibrations from your voice will be played with a needle that would then engrave it into a cylinder. It has one needle for the recorder and one needle for the player, both having the needles engraving vibrations into a tinfoil cylinder.

Early Life and Family He was born to Samuel and Nancy Edison, youngest of seven, and survived to be adults along with four other siblings. Samuel Ogden Edison Jr., the father of Thomas Alva Edison, was born on August 16, 1804 in Canada. Nancy Mathews Elliott, the mother of Thomas Alva Edison, married Samuel on September 12, 1828 and had seven children. Thomas had 6 siblings named Marion, William, Callie, Harriet, Samuel & Eliza. Unfortunately, only Thomas and three other siblings survived to adulthood. When he was 12, he loss most of his hearing, but isn’t considered deaf. At 13, he was a newsboy selling newspaper and candy on the local railroad. Thomas Edison saved a 3 year old from being ran over by a train. This young boy was the son of a telegraph operator. Since the father was so grateful, he taught Edison railroad telegraphy. He then worked as a telegraph operator later that winter. At the age of 16, he worked as a telegrapher full time.

Later in Life… …Edison got married to Mary Stilwell
on December 25, 1871 and had three children. …Mary Edison died on August 9, 1884, most likely from a brain tumor. …On February 24, 1886, Edison, at the age of 39, remarried to Mina Miller and also had three children. Mina died on August 24, 1947 several years after Edison’s death. Mina Edison, 1906

When: birth major accomplishments death
Feb 11, 1847 Oct. 18th, 1931 in New Jersey at the age of 84 years. He invented the first light bulb in 1879 He invented the first incandescent light.

Where: birth, major accomplishments, death
Born in Milan, Ohio Died in West Orange, New Jersey Menlo Park, New Jersey was were he created the first incandescent light.

Why is Thomas Edison important?
Thomas Edison created a long lasting light bulb, which is better than using a candlelight or an oil lamp. His invention of the phonograph brought him fame because it’s a machine that is able to capture sound and reproduce it using the telegraph as a base and evolved into two needles and cylinders catching the vibrations. His inventions were brilliant and made some lives easier.

Slide Show by:Serena Liu&Cassidy Smith
Ms.Thomas 1st period 7th grade Thank you for watching

HENRY FORD BY:VIVIANA MONTES

KNOWN FOR... MASS PRODUCTION
Built and drove race cars early in his career to demonstrate that his engineering designs produced reliable vehicle. 1926: Toolbox for the Model T Roadster. By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model. 1924:Ford cars by the Highland Park plant.

THE FORD FAMILY Since his immigration, in 1847, from County Cork Ireland to the burgeoning country village of Dearborn, Michigan; William Ford had worked hard. By the summer of 1863 he had married Mary Litogot (1861) and stood as a prosperous farmer as well as a respected community leader. On July 30, 1863 William and Mary's eldest surviving child was born. The couple named him Henry.

Edsel and Eleanor's marriage led to the
1873: Miller School - Henry attended the school from Edsel and Eleanor's marriage led to the birth of the Fords' four grandchildren, Henry II (1917), Benson (1919), Josephine (1923), and William Clay (1925). The first, Henry Ford II, instantly became a fixture at Fair Lane. 1873: Miller School - Henry attended the school from

Harry Fergusen, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford,
Charles Sorensen, George B. Sherman, J.L. Williams, and Eber C. Sherman. (Left to right)

1860: Henry's father, William Ford.
Henry Ford's Parents: William Ford , Mary (Litogot) Ford Henry Ford's Parents: William Ford , Mary (Litogot) Ford 1860: Henry's father, William Ford. 1888:Clara Bryant 1865: Henry's mother, Mary Litogot Ford. William Ford , Mary (Litogot) Ford

BORN & DIED. Died-April 7,1947 At the age of 83 Henry
Ford died of a cerebral Hemorrhage and was Buried in the Ford Cementery in Detroit. Born-July 30,1863 In Dearborn, Michigan, United States, in what was then known as SpringwellsTownship.

IMPORTANT FOR... Henry Ford with Model T in Buffalo, NY, 1921
Henry Ford shocked the automotive world 60 years ago by doing the impossible -- mass-producing the V-8 engine. Here he is shown with his first "production" engine which is now displayed in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn MI. A brass tag on the first engine reads: "This is V-8 No. 1 motor. Hold for Mr. H. Ford."

At the Henry Ford Museum: The only remaining prototype of R. Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House

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William Jennings Bryan
By: Jennifer Avalos and Priscilla Escalante

William Jennings Bryan
Who: William Jennings Bryan

When He was born on March 19, 1860. He died on July 26, 1925.

What: He was a populist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. With his faith in the goodness and rightness of the common people he was called “ The Great Commoner.”

Where: He was born in Little Egypt, Illinois. He died in his drive to Chattooga to Dayton on his way to a church session. He had a meal and died in his sleep from diabetes and fatigue.

Early Age Old Age

Early Life When he was fourteen in 1874 he attended revival, was baptized and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. William say when he was baptism was the most important day of his life. Until his age of 10 he was home schooled. His parents were Silas and Mariah Elizabeth Bryan.

Older Life For the next 25 years Bryan was the most popular Chautauqua Speaker, delivering thousands of paid speeches in towns across the land even while serving as secretary of state. His most popular lecture was “The Prince of Peace.”

Married LIfe He married Mary Elizabeth Baird on October 1,1884. He had three children Ruth Bryan Owen, William Jennings Bryan Jr., and Grace Bryan.

Why Important: He was a member of the U.S House of Representatives. Bryan was in office on March 4,1891 through March 3, He also made the biggest speech in American political history on July 9, It was his “ Cross of Gold ” speech.

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