Andrew Carnegie Research Paper
Before Carnegie Became a Tycoon
When the average person thinks of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the first thing that comes to mind is either there sports teams or that it is the birthplace of mass-produced steel. Steel is what made Pittsburgh such a major city in today’s world; without steel, it would be a normal suburban city. It only took one person to make Pittsburgh such a major thriving city, Andrew Carnegie. Without him, Pittsburgh would not be as advanced as it is today. Without Andrews’s passion we could possibly not have steel. Ever since Andrew was a child he put his full effort into everything he did. He was taught to never give up and keep going forward with life. If he had slacked off even one day while working as a messenger boy or a telegraph operator he may not have died as a steel tycoon, or one of the brightest entrepreneurs that America has ever seen. “It was a cold and rainy night in Dunfermline,” As Joseph Wall said as he describes Andrew Carnegie’s birth. Wall gives a very detailed description of Andrew in the biography he wrote about him. It was the 25th of November in 1835, on the corner of Moodie Street and Priory lane in Scotland lived a married couple named William and Margret Carnegie in a one-story cottage. It was around ten o’clock at night when the mid-wife came running down the attic stairs to tell the busy Damask Weaver that he just gave birth to his first healthy son. Later, they would name their baby Andrew after William’s father (Wall 3). Little did they know, that Andrew would become a multi billionaire. Andrew can greatly thank the industrial revolution that swept through Scotland, because if it never happened Andrew would of not made it to America to make millions. A new era approached Scotland leading to steam powered cotton gins. This put Andrews father out of business, and lead the Carnegies with nothing left (wall65). With nothing else to-do, they sold all they owned. They put the money toward boat tickets going to
When the average person thinks of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the first thing that comes to mind is either there sports teams or that it is the birthplace of mass-produced steel. Steel is what made Pittsburgh such a major city in today’s world; without steel, it would be a normal suburban city. It only took one person to make Pittsburgh such a major thriving city, Andrew Carnegie. Without him, Pittsburgh would not be as advanced as it is today. Without Andrews’s passion we could possibly not have steel. Ever since Andrew was a child he put his full effort into everything he did. He was taught to never give up and keep going forward with life. If he had slacked off even one day while working as a messenger boy or a telegraph operator he may not have died as a steel tycoon, or one of the brightest entrepreneurs that America has ever seen. “It was a cold and rainy night in Dunfermline,” As Joseph Wall said as he describes Andrew Carnegie’s birth. Wall gives a very detailed description of Andrew in the biography he wrote about him. It was the 25th of November in 1835, on the corner of Moodie Street and Priory lane in Scotland lived a married couple named William and Margret Carnegie in a one-story cottage. It was around ten o’clock at night when the mid-wife came running down the attic stairs to tell the busy Damask Weaver that he just gave birth to his first healthy son. Later, they would name their baby Andrew after William’s father (Wall 3). Little did they know, that Andrew would become a multi billionaire. Andrew can greatly thank the industrial revolution that swept through Scotland, because if it never happened Andrew would of not made it to America to make millions. A new era approached Scotland leading to steam powered cotton gins. This put Andrews father out of business, and lead the Carnegies with nothing left (wall65). With nothing else to-do, they sold all they owned. They put the money toward boat tickets going to
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