Andrew Carnegie Dbq

Was Andrew Carnegie a hero? Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 and was successful from the beginning. He was always a bright kid and was one of the smartest in his class. His family was not wealthy. They had very little money. He dropped out of high school to help make money for his family. His first job was at a textile machine making $1.20 per week. Others saw how motivated he was and he got a new job as a delivery guy for a telegraph company. He taught himself how to use the equipment which was extremely impressive. This showed how hard he worked, normally people worked at a factory or on a farm. So, I believe that Andrew Carnegie showed he was a captain of industry because he was intelligent, creative and successful.

Andrew Carnegie showed that he was a captain of industry because he was intelligent. Andrew Carnegie was one of the smartest men in that time. He was always one of the smartest people in his class and was overall intelligent. He didn’t finish high school but worked hard after to get where he was. His first job was bad. He …show more content…
Andrew Carnegie was a very creative person because he came up with and idea to start and oil mill. The company started to grow rapidly. According to (document 5), Andrew started mills in Pennsylvania and Michigan that became very successful, and he was producing over 90% of the nation's oil. That is a crazy percentage of people. He was creative enough to come up with an idea with little competition and work his company to the top. The demand for oil was high and his company was profiting from it greatly. We did an cartoon article during class representing his oil company. They were marking him as a robber baron which I don’t understand. His company was providing oil for Americans all across the nation. That is a good thing. His company helped Americans put fuel in there cars and machines. His oil company was a way to show his creative thinking and