United States‚ the steel business was revolutionized by an American business icon‚ Andrew Carnegie. After growing up in a poor family‚ he used his self-taught knowledge to build wealth using investments to build a foundation of wealth. After coming from a humble background‚ Carnegie established himself as one of the wealthiest businessmen of his time period‚ and one of the most generous philanthropists of history. Carnegie was born on November 25‚ 1835‚ in Scotland. He came from a very modest background
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Andrew Carnegie Explains The “Gospel of Wealth”‚ 1889 Author: Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)‚ “Wealth”‚ North American Review 148 (June‚ 1889) Place and Time: “Gospel of Wealth”/“Wealth”‚ North American Review 148 (June‚ 1889)‚ Place: Unknown Prior Knowledge: Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist‚ businessman‚ entrepreneur and a major philanthropist. Carnegie was born in Scotland‚ and migrated to the United States as a child with his parents. His first job in the United States
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Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller; Captains of industry‚ or robber barons? True‚ Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller may have been the most influential businessmen of the 19th century‚ but was the way they conducted business proper? To fully answer this question‚ we must look at the following: First understand how Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller changed market of their industries. Second‚ look at the similarities and differences in how both men achieved domination. And
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Carnegie Drove Steel Home Andrew Carnegie grew up as a son of a weaver craftsman and a mother who went to work to help support the family when the stream weaving loom came to Scotland. Andrew later wrote‚ after seeing my dad begging for work I knew I would be the one to fix it. I determined that Andrew Carnegie was a captain of industry. He was a captain of industry because he‚ helped build the formidable American steel industry‚ supplied jobs to many people who were out of jobs because of the
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Andrew Carnegie Essay written by aliciareagan@neo.tamu.edu A man of Scotland‚ a distinguished citizen of the United States‚ and a philanthropist devoted to the betterment of the world around him‚ Andrew Carnegie became famous at the turn of the twentieth century and became a real life rags to riches story. Born in Dunfermline‚ Scotland‚ on November 25‚ 1835‚ Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. The son of a hand weaver‚ Carnegie received his only formal education during the short time between
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Chris Schiller Mr. Fisher History 7-2 April 3‚ 2013 Carnegie and Frick Essay During America’s Gilded Age‚ several industrial giants influenced the economic and political destiny of America with their wealth and power. Among these were Andrew Carnegie‚ immigrant steel tycoon of Pittsburgh and one of the richest Americans ever‚ and Henry Clay Frick‚ who built Pittsburgh’s coke industry and created one of the grandest private art collections ever in his New York mansion. These two men had tremendous
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Andrew Carnegie was a very successful businessman. He was an idealist and one of the most important philanthropists of his time. He started Pittsburg’s Carnegie Steel Company‚ which he later joined with Elhert H. Gary’s federal steel company and several smaller companies to create U.S. Steel. The wealth from his success abled him to build foundations and institutions like Carnegie Hall. After his huge role in the steel business he spent most of the rest of his life as a philanthropist. In today’s
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Carnegie and Gates Running Head: Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates‚ Philanthropists 1 Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates‚ Philanthropists of Public Libraries in the United States Jennifer Finlay San Jose State University LIBR 200-04 December 4‚ 2005 Carnegie and Gates Abstract Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates‚ major business leaders of their respective eras‚ had a major impact on public libraries in the United States through their philanthropic efforts. Carnegie funded a program at the beginning
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Andrew Jackson a Hero or a Villain During Jackson’s presidency many would say that he was a hero while others would speak of him as a villain; it all depends on the point of view one perceives it. If someone was a farmer or a common man‚ they most likely would say he was a hero‚ but if an individual was a Native American or from South Carolina they would probably refer to him as a villain. Andrew Jackson was born poor in the border of North and South Carolina and raised by a single mother‚ which
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Practices of Andrew Carnegie & John D. Rockefeller Two of the most well-known and successful companies of the Industrial Revolution were the Standard Oil Company‚ and the Carnegie Steel Company. Both were exceedingly successful in virtually removing all competition in their respective fields of business and controlling almost all of the production capacity of their respective products in the United States. Their founders‚ John D. Rockefeller of the Standard Oil Co.‚ and Andrew Carnegie of the Carnegie
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