Carnegie Mellon University

Businessmen who find success must treat their employees well and have good relationships with rival companies. Morris indicated John D. Rockefeller did this the best. What also made him unique was the way in which he understood distribution. Rockefeller personally started many of the relationships with the purchases his company made and eventually helped with the merger as well. Rockefeller was able to guide his company in the direction he wanted it to go rather than having someone under him…

Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Even though Carnegie grew up with little formal education, he was raised in a family that believed in the gravity of books and learning (“Andrew Carnegie Biography” 1). When Carnegie was 13 years old, his family moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His first job was working as a bobbin boy in a textile mill for only $1.20 per week. One year later, he worked in a telegraph office as a messenger for a slightly…

today. In my opinion, that is exactly what they are. Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan were innovators, but above all they were businessmen. Although most people see them as “robber barons”, the things they did was to some point for their personal wealth as well as for the good of this country. What most people don’t see is that what they did played an enormous role in developing America. Andrew Carnegie is the perfect example of a “rags to riches” type of person. He was born…

women, was Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie and his parents, Margaret and Will Carnegie. Economic, social, and political effects of immigration on America have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, and settlement patterns. These effects influenced the Carnegie’s journey to the United States as well as hundreds of thousands of Scottish immigrants. Andrew Carnegie…

He started engaging in philanthropy when he married his distant cousin. He donated one million dollars to a Nashville’s Central University, which is now called Vanderbilt University. It was named after him in honor of his generosity. Not only did he donate to a university, but he also gave his son, William Vanderbilt, $95,000,000. Cornelius wanted William to continue the business before he died. Overall, Cornelius Vanderbilt was a generous man, and…

the town. The town,payed to be built by Andrew Carnegie and other rich powerful men was destroyed in a instance. It would take years to repair the damage to this town. The question is, is Andrew Carnegie and other wealthy men at blame for this incident? It could have been a honest mistake or could have been careless choice, the men in this disaster should have seen this coming, in other words it looks more like their fault. Although, Andrew Carnegie and the hunting and fishing club paid for the…

There were three powerful men that had control over the economy. These were, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan. Rockefeller is considered to be America’s first billionaire. He owned the Standard Oil Company and became the largest business. He employed different tactics to eliminate the competition by buying other companies, this was called horizontal integration. Carnegie focused on the production of steel. His…

I love Monopoly and have played many very intense rounds of it. The game we played on Friday was rather mild due both to time constraints and the gentle personalities of the people with who I played it. Therefore, to properly reflect on the connections between Monopoly and the Gilded Age, I am going to pull memories from more competitive games I’ve played as well. Monopoly is clearly centered around the Gilded Age, seen first with the very name of the game. Monopolies were first created during…

Gould constructed a plan to corner the gold market. September 20, 1869, Black Friday, the value of gold dropped, people lost their fortunes and railroad stocks lost value. Other notable robber barons include John Rockefeller, J.P Morgan, and Andrew Carnegie. While robber barons were favored corrupt practices, many donated money towards charitable…

Pullman Railroad Strike Why did the Pullman Railroad Strike happen? Pullman strike happened because George Mortimer Pullman, the founder and president of Pullman Palace Car Company. George treated his workers poorly after he knew he could make more money from them. Pullman Palace Car Company was contracted by the railroads to manufacture sleeping cars to be used for people going on long trips across the county. George Pullman was a good boss before he figured out he could make more…