BLOG DISCUSSION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Susan B. Anthony- her dad was very strict, her and her sisters weren't allowed to have toys because her dad thought they would be a distraction to the inner light (part of their religion), she learned to read and write at the age of 3 because she didn't have anything else whe was allowed to do, at the school she went to her teacher was going to be a woman, and her dad taught her instead.
Inventions-lihgtbulb(thomas edison), telephone (alexander graham bell), the keyboard
John D. Rockefeller- he raised turkeys to make money when he was younger, his first job was a bookeeper at a library, eventually partnered with his brother to make the Standard oil company, it was the largest oil company at the time.
Immigrants- (This was my section and i will eventually get my powerpiont up here when i finally figure out how to do it)
Child labor- children as young as 6 worked about 12-14 hours a day, some orphans worked in factories, they would use children to fix things that were in small places and some of them would get injured because it was so dangerous, they were paid half as much as the adults.
Discovery of electricity-a lot of people think that thomas edison invented electricity but he just made the incandescent lightbulb
Thomas jefferson- 3rd president, elected in 1801, wrote the declaration of independence, made the louisiana purchase, served 2 terms.
Jane Adams-her mom died when she was 2, her dad owned factories, diagnosed with tuberculosis at 4, she wanted to be a doctor but couldn't make it through medical school because of her medical problems, she founded the first settlement house, she was christian so she thought it was her duty to help the poor.
The Wright Brothers- Wilbur was severly damaged with his heart and digestion because of an 'ice hockey' accident when he collided with another player and fell hard on the ice. Orville was a very smart kid and he went to college classes earlier than his brother wilbur.
The Kodak Camera- MY ASSIGNED BLOG!!!!!!!!!
The Steam Engine- used coal to run the engine, and it didn't have a lot of moving parts
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