Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan were some of the leading entrepreneurs that reaped the benefits of the free market capitalism. Andrew Carnegie made his fortune through the steel industry. John D Rockefeller controlled nearly the entire oil industry with his Standard Oil Company, making him one of the wealthiest men of all time. J.P. Morgan accumulated his…

The Gilded Age was a time period in American history when the economy exploded with railroads and big businesses with the help of: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan. These three were some powerful individuals that helped the economy shoot up. Carnegie helped with steel, Rockefeller with oil, and Morgan with banking. They all were captains of industry in their own way and they all played a big role in revolutionizing the way things currently function. Although some of their…

time of the Gilded Age with their powerful and professional business maintenance. The term “robber barons” came from a group of men who criticized the corrupt and inappropriate methods used by businessmen such as J.J. Hill, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew…

of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller as they advanced the development of steel, rail, and oil industries. Additionally, these men understood the needs of the nation as they aimed to lower prices to provide additional economic expansion. For instance, John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil, a national corporation that controlled over 90% of U.S. oil production, he was able to cut the price of oil from 58 cents to 8 cents (Folsom). In fact, John D. Rockefeller often said, “We are refining…

The discovery of oil in Texas created a very large social impact. Men in Texas became very rich; in fact Texas was the richest state in the country! The discovery of oil also made a tremendous impact on education and racial issues. Lastly the oil boom created many jobs outside of the industry. Universities in Texas such as, Texas A&M and Texas University became very wealthy courtesy to the oil boom. The University of Texas acquired 2,000,000 acres of land in 1883. They received this land in a…

a. Attention Getter: He was one of the world's wealthiest person, most powerful and most violent criminal. b. Background & Audience Relevance: His name was Pablo Escobar. He became one of the world's biggest drug traffickers, the reason why is because as a kid Pablo was always driven and had the ambition to raise himself up from his humble beginnings. And became this drug trafficker in the 1970’s in Columbia. The reason I decided to do my speech on Pablo Escobar is because he is an important…

each american sets themselves goals for the future and it depends on how hard you work to reach those goals, or in other words their American Dream. Three examples of people who worked hard and achieved their dreams are Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Oprah Winfrey. Rockefeller started off as a young boy who…

“Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies.” Said the great aviator Howard Hughes. This businessman, film producer, philanthropist, and aviator just basically did everything people thought was impossible like building the biggest plane to building the fastest plane, and the best films, but also became a billionaire at the age of 40. He was also known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals of the world. What was…

It has been said many times before, that the story of Andrew Carnegie was a true rags to riches story. He is one of the pioneers of the industrialization of America and the king of the steel industry in the 1800’s. Nearing the turn of the century Carnegie sold his multi-billion dollar companies and turned his focus onto philanthropy. He was one, if not the first, to publicly say all of the rich had a moral obligation to give away their fortune. Carnegie ‘put his money where his mouth was’ by…

• Name of Industrialist: Andrew Carnegie. • How did he acquire his wealth? - Andrew Carnegie was born into a family who believed in the importance of books and learning in Dunfermline, Scotland. After he immigrated to the United States in 1858, he started with his first job as a telegrapher and then invested in railroads. With constant efforts, he established the Carnegie Steel Company in 1889 that was the largest steel company in the world. He made huge sums of money from the steel industry.…