Dale Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie was an American Industrialist who came to fame and fortune during the 1930’s by manufacturing and selling steel and has made an impact on American society today this can be seen as Carnegie Hall in New York City. In “Experience History Interpreting Americas Past” by “McGraw-Hill Education” they go on to say that, “Carnegie worked his way up from bobbin boy in a textile factory to expert telegrapher to superintendent of the western division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at the age…

After the death of Abraham Lincoln, new inventions and innovations were made to strengthen the United States's economy. Business leaders and entrepreneurs rose to the top with their innovations that would benefit U.S. Citizens the most while making a profit for themselves. One entrepreneur who rose to power with his ingenious ideas was Cornelius Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt was a cutthroat businessman with a reputation of getting what he wanted no matter the cost. Vanderbilt saw an opportunity…

The third episode of The Men Who Built America focused on the fierce competition among the industries, especially the electrical companies. As Carnegie Steel was imploding among itself due to Frick being a liability, a man who dominated banking and financing in America, J.P. Morgan, was trying to make a name for himself. Despite his father’s warnings, Morgan decided to invest in a new invention of Thomas Edison. Electricity. Edison and Morgan worked together and designed a power grid that…

their “great enterprises”. I do not know any rich men so I cannot account for their honesty but just because a person is honest does not mean they cannot be ruthless too. As read in the chapter these men of great wealth: Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan, came into power by tricking investors out of their companies, buying out and destroying rivalry companies all at the expense of lesser men. Yes they could have been honest men but was that really the reason workers…

Was Andrew Carnegie a hero, or a villain? By working hard, he was able to become one of the richest men in America and one of the most famous businessman during the 1800’s. He worked in the steel industry and contributed a lot to the American society and U.S economy. But he wasn’t as good as he looked, and he for sure wasn’t a hero. A hero is someone who cares about others and who is admired for having basic human qualities. But Carnegie never cared about people, and he lacked empathy and…

Andrew Carnegie was born, on November 25,1835, in Dunfermline,Fife,Scotland. He grew up to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in America. His family once believed in the importance of books and education, although he didn’t have a formal education when he was a kid. His father was once a weaver and a profession. he once was replaced by robots for his job. His father also led the chartist movement in Dunfermline. At the age of 13, on 1848, Andrew and his family migrated to the US, and…

Andrew Carnegie was very important in the mid 1800s. He made one of the most famous bridges that opened on July 4th 1874 and it is still opened and in use today. Andrew Carnegie was a Captain of Industry. Andrew Carnegie had began manufacturing the St. Louis Bridge in February 1868. His mentor, Tom Scott, had told him that it would be much faster to go strait across the Mississippi River instead of going around it in order to get supplies and merchandise back and forth. He found this to be a…

Andrew Carnegie’s American Dream For Andrew Carnegie, the name of the game was profit by any means necessary. Some may consider him an innovative businessman, yet others could call him a ruthless capitalist that would do anything to make a profit. No matter where Carnegie worked he was excellent at running a successful business. A prolific idea engrained in the minds of Americans since the turn of the century is the American Dream (Livesay 1). This vague concept is exemplified by Carnegie’s…

Nucor was founded in 1904 but then it was named as REO. Then after buying the nuclear company it changed its name to Nuclear Corporation of America Inc. Then the company became conglomerate by acquiring Vulcraft corporation and ultimately became NUCOR- largest mini mills operator. Though Nucor has always gained their favorable condition in US economy because of their of their capability of setting steel plants economically and running the efficiently. Also their flat hierarchy system and…

Starting from the year 1870s, the significant art museums in the United States had established. The representative museums are Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1870), Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (1876), and Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (1876; Philadelphia Museum of Art at present) (Latham & Simmons, 2014). The most important factor that brought into the changes and developments of the museum inside the United States was the change of the economic structure due to the…