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Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. Born poor and having only a mediocre education, Vanderbilt used perseverance, intelligence and luck to work his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invest in the rapidly growing railroad industry. Nicknamed "The Commodore", he is known for owning the New York Central Railroad.
He established a security to help people with his work and to make a difference
There were no child labors laws nor working unions the rights of employees were at the mercy of what was needed and unexistant.
The industrial revolution was a very contaminated and polluted dark snoky dirty ashy and sick period of history
Another hardship especially for coal miners was the same thing we have know implosion in short terms it is a combination of physical & emontional pollution that took over many lives
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Slavery helped support the rich by tending to the things that made them richer (the plantations).
