Author: Cary Hardy

In divorce papers signed in 1919, which finally dissolved Einstein’s troubled marriage to his first wife, Mileva Maric, the theoretical physicist left all his Nobel money to Maric and their two sons. There has been a lot of speculation around that decision. What did Einstein do with the Nobel Prize […]

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history. Who was the richest man of all time? Mansa MusaMansa Musa (1280-1337) – Wealth […]

Jan 1, 1830. 1830’s Common Schools. May 20, 1862. 1862 Homestead Act. May 18, 1896. 1896 Plessy v. Sep 15, 1930. The Feminization of Teaching. Sep 15, 1950. Civil Rights Movement. May 17, 1954. 1954 Brown v. Apr 6, 1965. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Jan 8, 2002. 2002 […]

Schools in the US have changed a lot over the years. Chalkboards have been updated to whiteboards and Smart Boards. Notebooks and textbooks have been replaced with laptops and iPads. Segregation was overturned by the Supreme Court, and students are demanding safe schools free of gun violence from today’s lawmakers. […]

Rockefeller and his family established the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913, which supported public health causes through a large endowment. He also used his money to establish the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. What did John Rockefeller do with his money? Retired from his day to […]

Three supermajor companies now own the rights to the Standard name in the United States: ExxonMobil, Chevron Corp., and BP. BP acquired its rights through acquiring Standard Oil of Ohio and merging with Amoco and has a small handful of stations in the Midwestern United States using the Standard name. […]

The practice of being the only person who controls a particular industry is known as having a monopoly over that industry. Four men in particular made names – and, subsequently, much money – for themselves during this time: JP Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Who were […]

Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) was a shipping and railroad tycoon who built himself up from nothing to become one of the wealthiest individuals in 19th century America. He was the first person to be called robber baron, in an article in “The New York Times” on February 9, 1859. Was Rockefeller […]

A term used in the 19th century in the U.S as a negative reference to business men and bankers who dominated their respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes, typically as a direct result of pursuing various anti-competitive or unfair business practices! Who were known as the robber barons? A […]

By then Keystone Iron had become U.S. Steel, and Andrew Carnegie had become one of the wealthiest men on the planet. John D. Rockefeller went into business when he was 20, and he picked up his first oil well as a sideline. He soon saw that that was the right […]

Automaker Henry Ford was a captain of industry who is considered to have treated his workers well. He believed that well-paid workers would be happier and more efficient. For that reason, he instituted a $5-a-day pay rate, which was twice as much as other auto manufacturers paid. Who was the […]