How The Tycoons Became SO Rich

Andrew Carnegie was a Tycoon that at a young age he was really rich.  Source

            One of the interesting things about Carnegie's life was when his boss actually let him buy stocks. That was rear at the time because poor people could'nt afford to buy stocks.

            The tycoons were businessman of exceptional wealth and power. They got wealthy by continually searching for new ways to make better products for less money. Tycoons also tried new machines. They also attracted new talented workers by offering them great pays and benefits that they couldn't resits. Competition between workers was also  encouraged.

      

            A strategy that Tycoons used to control their business was verticle integration.

John D. Rockerfeller was a Tycoon that focused on oil. Source

             

            Robber barons are wealthy businessman. and after establishing their monopolies, owners began raising prices higher than before and began to reduce wages for workers.

             Social Darwinism was the idea that being rich was a sign of God's favor, and being poor was a sign of being lazy or inferior. Darwin described how species flourished and passed their traits to other new generations. This is why America thought they were the best.

            

Passive House Poem

This passive house has glass as walls to use as much sunlight. Source

Passive house the most ecofriendly houses
Don't have your traditional heating and air conditioning system
Use sunlight instead of lights
Expensive but worth the cost
Solar panels one of the best commodities in the house
They help with your electricity supply

This passive house has solar panels facing south to capture as much sunlight to produce energy. Source

Summary of Tech Readings

          In the article, How Science and Life Interacted During the American Revolution compiled by Danny Blas we learned that cities spread outwards and upwards because a lot of people started to move into the cities and elevators were introduced.
           
             Technology helped changed how people moved around cities because we created transportation above the surface, on the surface, and below the surface during the Industrial Revolution. Above the surface transportation refers to airplanes. On the surface refers to street cars and below the surface refers to subways.
            
             Technology also changed the way we read and learn because back then it was hard to get news until printing became cheaper and newspapers were cheaper so people were able to get there information that way.

 

        In the article The Passive House: Sealed for Freshness by Sandy Keenan we learned that a passive house is an environmentally responsible house without traditional heating and air conditioning systems.
      
        To be certified you have to meet 3 requirements. The first requirement is if there has to be a certain level of  air tightness. The other two requirements are the measures of energy use. All of this requirements are tested during the construction phase so the walls don't break down.

        The people that live in expensive neighborhoods close to the passive houses are jealous and didn't want other social classes with mixed with them.
       
          Technology has changed Americans lives drastically because of the  Industrial Revolution in 2014. Now houses are in high apartment building because we have the material to spread buildings upwards. Also people can live a little bit far from work but still get in time because of all the transportation options they have.