The Men That Built America Analysis

In episode 2 of the series The Men That Built America the main business man was Andrew Carnegie. The episode pertained to Andrew’s life and how he became wealthy and powerful. In the episode Andrew was shown to be mentored by Scott. Scott took an interest in Andrew and mentored him until eventually Andrew took over Scott's business. Then one of Andrew's first challenge was to build a railroad bridge stretching over the Mississippi river from St. Louis toward Illinois. When Confronted with task he had to be innovative to use a material other than iron for the bridge because it would not hold up under the current so he found out that he could us steel the strongest material at that time. since steel was not easily mass produced Andrew found a …show more content…
at first Andrews market was to sell steel to railroad companies so the could build tracks with it. Eventually however the railroad expansion died out causing Andrew to refocus and find a new market. Since the population was ever increasing Andrew had the bright idea to focus on Industrial steel and sell to companies that focused on the production of housing and other buildings this eventually lead to the first skyscraper. With this is wealth began to grow and he became closer to his rival Rockefeller. Andrew blamed Rockefeller of his mentor's death because his mentor was focused in the railroad industry and since Rockefeller pulled his oil from being shipped by Railroad the rail industry died causing Andrew to change his business. Since that time Andrew soul focus was to gain revenge by surpassing Rockefeller in profit and overall wealth. In order to do this however Andrew Hired a man named Henry Frick. Frick was hired because he was a cruel man was was to cut cost and increase effectiveness and efficiency. With Frick was involved in many tragic