Dale Carnegie

The business practices of men such as Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt and Tweed were not always considered to be ethical and morally sound. John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt are considered to be three of the largest business pioneers of the Industrial Era. William “Boss” Tweed was a “political machine”, controlling the activities of the mayor and the government for over 20 years. The government should regulate the business practices of these men because many of…

Andrew Carnegie had donated over 5 million dollars to schools,libraries and hospitals. Andrew Carnegie owned a steel company. Andrew Carnegie was a very rich man, He had an interesting childhood too. Andrew Carnegie evolves American and evolved it to make skyscrapers more than you can imagine. This is the exciting story and successful life of Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie had a bright future ahead of him. He was born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Son of William…

cars on trains, Carnegie invested $217.50, which he obtained through a…

The American business giants of the Gilded Age were captains of industry. They had helped build industry in a positive way, used their technology to help advance in the industrial business, and had found new, better, ways to organize their businesses. Alongside these few reasons, the captains of industry, in general, helped revolutionize the way Americans do business. The “business giants” of the Gilded age were all very wealthy, there were few of them, but enough. A good portion of these…

Andrew Carnegie shouldn’t be considered a hero because his selfish, ambitious, and extreme competitive attitudes had made a negative impact on others. A hero is someone who helps people who is in need of help and someone who gives to the poor and doesn’t spend money on unnecessary things that aren’t important. A hero is also somebody who has good leadership. Carnegie had a steelmaking company, In Carnegie’s time in the northeast of about the 1900s. Carnegie’s selfish attitude shows that he…

through time, such as war and battles. One conflict still carries through to today: should the Industrial leaders of the late 19th century be characterized more as “captains of industry” or “robber barons?” Two prominent figures to be noted are Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Neither was born into wealth, but rather, they earned it themselves through their success in the oil and steel businesses. But the question here is did they earn it? Or did they cheat their way to the top through…

Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller are men of insight, innovation, and ingenuity. These are the men that started an age of advancement in steel, oil, and railroads within a time period of a few decades. Vanderbilt, a self-made man and cut-throat business man, owned the largest shipping empire in the world. He started with a single ferry which soon became a fleet of ships transporting goods and passengers throughout the country. He soon became known as the commodore.…

Andrew Carnegie (modern America might know him from Carnegie Hall in NYC) was one of the many business leaders in the 19th Century to utilize the laissez-faire system of capitalism to become wealthy. Carnegie may not be all that well known today, but he left behind two important ideas that would set in motion a chain of events across society: the Gospel of Wealth and Social Darwinism. The Gospel of Wealth a was a principle to which Carnegie invented and subscribed that stated, “People should be…

In late 19th century America, countless industrialists were accused of using unscrupulous or dishonest methods of hoarding wealth and building monopolies. Examples of these accused captains of industry include John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan, nicknamed "Robber Barons." While many consumers and competitors were quick to attack these powerful businessmen, their primary interest was merely to build on the success of their companies, and reach their full potential. I believe…

America experienced a noticeable population growth with a lack of infrastructure that supported such growth causing quite the dilemma. Most Americans were working insane hours for low minimum wages just to take care of their families and get by. Andrew Carnegie was a man who believed that there was no middle ground, either you were very wealthy or you were poor. His drive to be successful and to make money led him to be viewed as someone who took advantage of the average American worker by…