Rome
Rome was built on 7 rolling Hills around the Tiber River near the center of the Italian Peninsula.
It is midway point between Alps and Italy's southern tip.
First Romans- From 1000 to 500 B.C. Three groups inhabited the region and fought for contro
Today we discussed our assigned blogs and mine was the invention of the plow.
blog discussion.
The Boy Scouts was founded in 1910. Powell was the founder, and he was originally from England. Jesse James was a famous outlaw. Some people thought he was a hero, like Robin Hood, but there was never any evidence that he stole from t
Today we did blog discussion, the topics were:
Boyscouts
Jesse James
The Breakup of the Standard Oil Company
Andrew Carnegie
The Manure Crisis of 1894
Invention of the plow
Invention of the X-ray
The wild mustangs
John Smith
Building of skyscrapers
Mexican immi
The students had a debate today. The debates went fairly in all classes and very well in others. Grades for speakers will be put up on powerschool tomorrow. Also the paper is due at 11:59 pm on Wednesday night.
born February 27, 1709. His parents were Morris Morris and Susanna Heath His participation included visiting other Friends to encourage their keeping the faith, investigating incidents among the Friends, and helping to enforce the discipline of the F
my assigned blog is over the railroad.
-in 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies
-it linked the railroad from the east to the west.
-the two companys "raced" towards eachother for the next
Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. His mother, Nancy Elliot, was born in New York, but then moved to Vienna, Canada. His father, Sam Edison, Jr., met Nancy in Canada, where they married. When Sam went to war, he was forc
New York County Board of Supervisors in 1858, the year he became the head of the Tammany Hall political machine. Boss tweed had rise and falls.
Alexander Fleming
I have entertainment. Entertainment is an action, event or activity that entertains the audience. Entertainment may also provide fun, enjoyment and laughter. Generally requires a show or something that is visible to a viewer. Entertainment can attrac
john dewey was born in vermont on october 20 1859 he died june 1 1952
he was a teacher in oil city pa he also tught at an elmentarry in charlett
John Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Company and basically had a monopoly by 1882. He was born in Richford, New York, on July 8, 1839. He died on May 23, 1937 in Ormond Beach, Florida. He was an entrepreneur. He opened his first oil refinery in
Samuel Morse was famous for creating the Morse code. He was born on April 27th, 1791. He passed on April 2nd, 1872. For those who do not know what the Morse code is, it is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, clicks
Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American who led the enormous expansions of the steel industry in the late 19th century. Andrew Carnegie was born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He died on August 11, 1919 in Shad
The Cotton Gin
The cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates carbon fibers from their seeds. Before the cotton gin was invented, everyone had to do it by hand, which was mostly slaves. It was invented in 1793 and got its patent in 1794. The fiber
This is what I did today
• Amusement parks with shops
• First amusement parks in American came New York City
• 1900’s was the peak period
• Ferris Wheel came in 1893
• Penny arcade was bad for the park
• 1933 500 parks remained
• 2 thousand existed in A
STEAMBOAT
John Fitch was given his first patent for a Steamboat on August 26, 1791. There was a little battle between John Fitch and James Rumsy because they both had designs that looked the same. John Fitch had made 4 steamboats in between the years
The telegraph.....
The telegraph is device that allows messages to be sent by electrical impulses over wires. There were several early variations of the telegraph that weren't successful or as efficient. The most successful version was created by Samu
