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businessmen can be considered captains of industry, because they used various business strategies to develop new industries, they held the industries in the palm of their hands, but they also used money in charitable ways to benefit the public. Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, John Pierpont Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt used new business strategies to develop entirely new industries in America. These strategies used vertical, and horizontal integration in a form of Social Darwinism.…

Andrew Carnegie in “Gospel of Wealth” talks about the problem people were facing in 1889 was the administration of wealth, which was the era of industrial revolution. He was a person who didn’t want equality between wealthy and rich people, he always said rich people are the fittest and they should be. He gave reasons for what he said, people are poor because of themselves, they don’t work and don’t have education to progress. Carnegie was anti charity and didn’t support people who needed help.…

In the excerpt from The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie expresses his views of the current age from earlier eras. He had the notion that the rich and the poor should bind together and benefit as one. He noted that not only the conditions in which they were living had changed, but it had ‘revolutionized’. This created many contrasts between the social classes that he believed were beneficial for the human race. Carnegie points out that most, if not all, of the recent changes being made had…

Andrew Carnegie is a self made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest 19th century u.s. businessmen donated towards the expansion of the New York Public Library. Also Andrew Carnegie was born on november 25 1835 in Dunfermline Scotland. And after moving to the united states he worked a series of railroad jobs by. 1889 he owned Carnegie steel corporation the largest of its kind in the world in 1901 he sold his business ands dedicated his time to expanding his philanthropic work. including the…

entrepreneur, Andrew Carnegie, was a Captain of Industry. His philanthropy, and compassion to others shows his Captain of Industry side. However he committed some Robber Baron-like acts. Notably, Mr. Carnegie assured all his workers jobs, according to Resource 2. This is a Captain of Industry- like act because it shows that he wanted to make sure his workers can support their families. In addition to what was previously stated, Mr. Carnegie erected over 2,500 public libraries according to…

Andrew Carnegie Eulogy We are gathered here today to pay our respects to Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Andrew was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland. At the age of 13, in 1848, he moved to the United States. Andrew worked a series of odd-end jobs and later found his way into the world of business. He started Carnegie Steel Corporation in 1889 and in 1901 he sold his business and dedicated the rest of his life to his philanthropic work, including the founding of Carnegie Institute…

Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25th, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Sixty six years later, he would own the most enormous steel corporation in the world and become the richest man of his time. He started as a poor Scottish boy earning $1.20 a week working in a factory but was able to build one of the most successful industries in history. He is a captain of industry for three reasons. First off, his business, the Carnegie Steel Company, dominated the American scene by revolutionizing steel…

late 19th century, the control of industrialists increased substantially. Robber Barons were known as businessmen who robbed people of their money. People such as Andrew Carnegie, who was very successful in the steel industry and John Rockefeller who came up with the Standard Oil Company are just a few examples. Andrew Carnegie wrote the “Gospel of Wealth” which justified the methods of their management. Although some of their methods were questionable, “Robber Baron” is not an appropriate label…

Andrew Carnegie began working at the age of 13 in a cotton mill for $1.20 a week. In 1853, Carnegie became a personal secretary and telegrapher to Thomas Scott, superintendent and later president of Pennsylvania Railroad. About twelve years later, Carnegie quit the railroad business to focus on iron and bridge building, oil and the sale of railroad bonds. In 1882, Carnegie bought Homestead Ironworks from Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company. Later in 1892, the Carnegie Steel Company was created,…

Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Andrew Carnegie was a man who started off as a poor immigrant sailing into America, he was ambitious and made his way up into the American dream. He was twelve years old when he started working 12-hour days for his family as a result he was earning $1.20 a week. He was a successful man in business, he worked in his business of steel after having his boss’s job and adopting Bessemer's process and built steel mill in America. Carnegie died in 1919, but was Andrew Carnegie a…