Reading about Andrew Carnegie I got to learn more about the Gilded Age as well as the American Society during the time. Coming from a small house in Scotland to making 23 million dollars a year, Carnegie made the American dream a reality. Growing the steel industry to being bigger than any other company, Carnegie provided jobs and built foundations off his industry. Doing this Carnegie believed in Social Darwinism and felt that the working class was meant to stay poor. Underpaying his workers and favoring against Labor Unions didn't make him popular to the Lower Classes causing riots and strikes in the industry. While Carnegie was a hero to the U.S as a country, his ideas and business model did not make him a hero to working class and factory
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Moving to America he worked up his business and made it big being one of the wealthiest people of all time. Document A shows the cottage he lived in to the Vacation home he bought in scotland many years later. Being the first document you get an idea of the work Carnegie put in to get to where he was. Similar to A, B also talks about how Carnegie became rich through nothing. While explaining Social Darwinism, it also shows that the progression of civilization through becoming a millionaire shows how the U.S can evolve into a rich and wealthy country. On a business side to Carnegie’s wealth, Documents D, E, and G show how Carnegie industrialized the steel industry making it the biggest in the world. D and E show how by making the the cost of production of steel made the U.S by the 1900 the highest seller of steel in the world. Carnegie did this by making his selling price low while also cutting down on the production. making four thousand more tons than any other country the U.S monopolized the steel Industry around the world. On a smaller scale G explains how by Carnegie cut down on prices. Being a smart business leader Carnegie control every part of the industry from raw material to the finished product knocking out the prices in between. Overall by doing so Carnegie set an example to many people in the U.S of becoming rich. With hard work and smart business tactics …show more content…
While in many cases he was a hero, showing the reality of the American dream and being able able to make it from nothing. It also shows the ideas the business leaders had toward the working class and the ideas the working class the had about the leaders. To the working class Carnegie was just like everyone else, trying to make an extra buck. If that came from cutting wages or trying to stop Labor Unions he would do what he could to make the most amount of money possible. With this it really depends at how you look at Andrew Carnegie. I do believe Andrew Carnegie was a hero even though he didn’t always help the work force he created jobs for them, paying them, as well as donated to charities to help them. While you may look at it as he did not pay them enough or he did not support labor unions. You could also look at it as if he did not provide work for them who would. Being the American Dream, Andrew Carnegie was able to succeed and live a successful
Moving to America he worked up his business and made it big being one of the wealthiest people of all time. Document A shows the cottage he lived in to the Vacation home he bought in scotland many years later. Being the first document you get an idea of the work Carnegie put in to get to where he was. Similar to A, B also talks about how Carnegie became rich through nothing. While explaining Social Darwinism, it also shows that the progression of civilization through becoming a millionaire shows how the U.S can evolve into a rich and wealthy country. On a business side to Carnegie’s wealth, Documents D, E, and G show how Carnegie industrialized the steel industry making it the biggest in the world. D and E show how by making the the cost of production of steel made the U.S by the 1900 the highest seller of steel in the world. Carnegie did this by making his selling price low while also cutting down on the production. making four thousand more tons than any other country the U.S monopolized the steel Industry around the world. On a smaller scale G explains how by Carnegie cut down on prices. Being a smart business leader Carnegie control every part of the industry from raw material to the finished product knocking out the prices in between. Overall by doing so Carnegie set an example to many people in the U.S of becoming rich. With hard work and smart business tactics …show more content…
While in many cases he was a hero, showing the reality of the American dream and being able able to make it from nothing. It also shows the ideas the business leaders had toward the working class and the ideas the working class the had about the leaders. To the working class Carnegie was just like everyone else, trying to make an extra buck. If that came from cutting wages or trying to stop Labor Unions he would do what he could to make the most amount of money possible. With this it really depends at how you look at Andrew Carnegie. I do believe Andrew Carnegie was a hero even though he didn’t always help the work force he created jobs for them, paying them, as well as donated to charities to help them. While you may look at it as he did not pay them enough or he did not support labor unions. You could also look at it as if he did not provide work for them who would. Being the American Dream, Andrew Carnegie was able to succeed and live a successful