Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. His family moved to the states when he was in his teens. He had many jobs working on the railroad‚ starting at the bottom by working for people‚ but soon made his way into a steel tycoon. Carnegie owned the Carnegie Steel Corporation‚ which it was known as the largest of its kind in the world. Just like Andrew did‚ he believes that children should not start out with a bunch of money. They should have to learn and work their way up to become as great
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Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline‚ Scotland in 1835. His father‚ Will‚ was a weaver and a follower of Chartism‚ a popular movement of the British working class that called for the masses to vote and to run for Parliament in order to help improve conditions for workers. The exposure to such political beliefs and his family’s poverty made a lasting impression on young Andrew and played a significannot role in his life after his family immigrated to the United States in 1848. Andrew Carnegie
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Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Would you want to work long hours in a factory for little pay? No? I didn’t think so. This is just one of the many reasons that many people considered Andrew Carnegie to not only be a robber baron‚ but also a villain. Two-faced‚ hypocritical‚ uncaring; these were just some of the words that were used to describe Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie was not a hero because of his money consciousness‚ poor treatment to workers‚ and his robber-baron tactics. Andrew
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or hero? Andrew Carnegie once said‚ "No man can become rich without enriching others." The U.S. was between wars‚ inventions‚ technology‚ and also successful movements with one another. As business offered the best chances‚ certain people became well known‚ due to what they created. For example‚ Thomas Edison; who invented the light bulb had become “famous” along with other well known people. The "king of steel‚" Andrew Carnegie; was a true hero known to mankind. Andrew Carnegie was born in
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Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Andrew Carnegie‚ the ambitious and skilled king of steel during the late 1800s‚ was the most famous man in business of his time. He certainly had his many flaws and as the most famous American of those days‚ his faults were highly talked about. Carnegie was not perfect and made his share of choices that many people saw as misdeeds‚ but that is like how everyone in the world is. Carnegie was a hero of his day because he showed the characteristics of being capable‚ responsible
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Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big BusinessHarold C. Livesay said in his book‚ Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business‚ that Carnegie "was a collection of paradoxes‚ this man of American steel-violent and peace-loving‚ ruthless and loyal‚ greedy and generous‚ boastful and diffident‚ vain and doubting‚ brash and shy". Andrew Carnegie was a quite normal in his younger years. He was born on November 25‚ 1835‚ and grew up in the rural town of Dunfermline‚ which was located in Scotland. His family
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There was a lot of famous people in the 19th century‚ either by what they did or money wise‚ or both. However Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and Cornelius Vanderbilt were very famous during this time in industry. Therefore‚ they were very important people with money. Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25‚ 1835‚ in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. In 1848 moved to America in search of better opportunities. His education ended when they moved to America. He soon found a job as a bobbin boy at a cotton
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Viviana Kucharski AMH 2020 Sep 20 2012 J. Pierpont Morgan & Andrew Carnegie It is difficult to image two men born in such a different social condition have so much in common. Two men that opened his way to the success based in hard work and somehow shared that success with others less fortunate. J P Morgan and Andrew Carnegie were two powerful men; disciplined‚ intelligent‚ and hard workers. President Roosevelt described J P Morgan as a sincere and trustful man. He developed a social
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Andrew Carnegie had liberal thoughts‚ as expressed in his Gospel of Wealth. I agree with the issues addressed in the Gospel of Wealth‚ such as giving your money away before you die‚ to further society. The purpose was to give the money away before you die‚ so you can regulate where the money goes‚ and that you can assure yourself that it will go to a worthy cause. As said in the gospel of wealth‚ everyone should be able to make as much money as they can‚ but they should give back to the society-
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DBQ Andrew Carnegie If you were the richest person in the world what would you do with your money‚ save the economy from going under or simply just walk away. Well Andrew Carnegie was a man of wealth though he didn’t start out like that; he came from a poor family born in November‚ 1835‚ in the attic of the cottage his family lived in‚ in Dunfermline Scotland. He and his family left that cottage in Scotland to come to America in 1848 where at twelve years old he started to work almost
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