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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 settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. After he settled their, he began looking for jobs. He also wanted to help out the poor as well, however he made a charity for the poor, by raising money they need in order to survive, and he gave some of them jobs as…

public good. In his argument he says that "The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced". The reflection of this statement to his real life is that before he died he gave away some $350 million dollars which was the bulk of his wealth. He then went on to state in his work that "a moral obligation to distribute in ways that promote the welfare and happiness of the common man". Here he is talking about sharing the knowledge of how to make it in the world and sharing how one becomes better off. Here…

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…

council reviewed our City’s financials and requested to enter into Act 47, which is the Municipalities financial Recovery act, Act of 1987, P.L. 246, No. 47. Under Act 47, the Department of Community and Economic Development was asked to assist Pennsylvania municipalities experiencing severe to devastating financial difficulties. The City of Pittsburgh has been in economic recovery since the decline in 2003. At that time the City has to lay off over 440 employees and their credit rating had…

During the early 20th century, many exciting things were going on in Philadelphia, such as the construction of steel and concrete skyscrapers, the wiring of buildings for electricity, the founding of the city’s first commercial radio station, and the construction of the first subway. All of these things created jobs for many people in the city, but there was more opportunity than just this. There was also a Ford manufacturing plant in the city. Ford manufacturing plants were a great place to…

Born into poverty to living in fame and fortune Andrew Carnegie pushed through it all. Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland, but when he was only 13 he had moved to Pennsylvania, then was introduced to the railroad and oil industries. He is most famous for his steel industry which led him to fame and fortune. Through hard times as a child to growing his fortune from the steel industry Andrew Carnegie became one of the richest men on the planet. Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, He…

Introduction William Penn greatly explored the ‘New World’ of Pennsylvania, encountered the people of his new land, and exchanged peace, hope, equal rights, and brotherly love with the newcomers to his “Holy Experiment.” Before he did this though, he did many things back in the European countries. He had many failures but soon was successful in his own ways. Penn got his huge area of the ‘New World’ because King Charles II was in debt to Penn’s recently deceased father. To repay this debt, King…

States are funding public schools less and less these days. State budgeting has been as issue for quite some time, “cuts at the state level force local school districts to scale back educational services” (CPBB). Roughly 46% of public schools rely on state funds in some way. Now there are a multitude of reasons why states have budgeting problems that cause havoc on public schools. The recession of 2008 was a major factor in the decline of public schools. The recession caused the states to cut…

the savage evildoers hell-bent on ruining lives. This is why the Lancaster Treaty of 1744 is so important to American history. The minutes from the meeting in Lancaster detail a peaceful but powerful commentary about land disputes between the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia…

Chapter.1 (1) Johnny Tremain, a silversmith, wakes up during the 1770s to a day of hard work. (2) Mr.Lapham, Johnny’s master, makes him read verses from the Bible each day. (3) John Hancock, one of the founding fathers, came to ask Mr.Lapham to make him a sugar basin. (4) Cilla, one of Mr.Lapham’s daughters, is surprised that Johnny had three initials. (5) Johnny showed Cilla the cup that gives evidence that he is related to the Lytes, a very rich family. Chapter.2 (1)Paul…