world‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ actually grew up with another family in one half of an attic‚ and him and his parents in another half. This attic was located above his father’s workplace in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. At the age of eight‚ he started his education in a one-room school packed with around 150 students. Driven by the Irish potato famine‚ his family left for the United states in 1848‚ searching for a better and safer life. In order to make ends meet his family needed $7.50 a week‚ so Carnegie took a job
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is willing to climb a little”. Andrew Carnegie was believed to be a captain of industries. Carnegie grew up to be the wealthiest business men in America. Andrew Carnegie is and always will be a captain of industry. One of the reasons Andrew Carnegie is a captain of industry is because he is the one that gave many people jobs when they needed it . Another reason Andrew Carnegie was a captain of industry is because he donated to charity $5 million. Carnegie had built plants around the country
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John D. Rockefeller was a captain of industry who helped to make America strong. As much as a good as person he was‚ he was also a robber baron who used ruthless business practices to enrich himself. In 1839 – 1937‚ Rockefeller was a very important American industrialist‚ philanthropist and a founder of many important places. John D. Rockefellers’ business career was being the main founder and one of the chairmen of the Standard Oil Company. Rockefeller was an intellectual man in the organization
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Libraries are more than a quiet place to read a good book. The Carnegie Library has been an influential place throughout the conscious years of my life. Every since I could remember‚ the Library has been a place where I would be allowed to further my love of reading and expand upon the knowledge I already had a basis for. Now that I have come across a topic which I would like to study for life‚ the Library has been a resource for my further learning in Psychology. From when I was younger‚ I
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Andrew Carnegie is a legend in industry. He was He was born in Scotland in 1835. He came to America and started his working career in a cotton mill as a bobbin boy. He was a hard worker‚ and quickly was promoted through the ranks of Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In 1865‚ he quit and started his own business‚ the famous and notorious Carnegie Steel Company. His company was responsible for starting the steel industry in Pittsburgh‚ and he and his company left their imprint on
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Born from nothing and made into something. Andrew Carnegie was one the of most famous business men in America. He was born in Scotland and was immigrated to America with his family. They lived in a small house in Pittsburgh and they had little money. In some ways he was a hero and in some ways he was not. A hero is someone who is admired for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Carnegie was a hero because he was a philanthropist and was the reason that the United States became a
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Andrew Carnegie and The American Dream Many have tried; few have achieved - The American Dream. What is the American Dream? According to Webster the American Dream is the ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success. Andrew Carnegie is the epitome of the American Dream because he is a classic example of rags to riches success story. He seemed to be touched by an angel. No matter what was wrong with the world‚ Andrew
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I believe that John D. Rockefeller should be viewed as a Robber Baron because he used illegal tactics to gain his wealth and he destroyed any competition he had. Therefore‚ that makes him a robber baron. However‚ many believe he was a captain of industry because he treated his workers well. While this is the case‚ he did not treat them well out of the goodness of his heart. He simply didn’t want his workers to become unhappy and the news get involved. If the news were to get involved‚ then there
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D. Rockefeller: The Great American Industrialiser‚ Entrepreneur‚ and Philanthropist During the 18th and 19th centuries many industrial revolutions took place and modernized the American way of life. Advances were made that forever remodeled the landscape of American economics‚ industry‚ and politics. These innovations and advancements‚ however‚ did not come without much strife and toil. The innovators of the American Industrial Revolution were visionaries of their time. John D. Rockefeller was
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Vicky Leo A trail of unknown Footsteps on the highest mountain My Name Is Leo‚ Vicky Leo Hi my dear cat friends my name is Leo‚ Vicky Leo. I am the publisher of ‘The Times of Fish’‚ the most famous newspaper in Cat Island. It was a dark night and I was in my office reading the newspaper ‘three whales beached again at Catatonia beach.’ Oh Suddenly I looked up at the CLOCK it was 11:55 pm I figured it out that it was time to go home. At last I reached home so cozy and warm home. I took a hot bath
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