Thomas Andrews

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…

justify my argument is the purchase of the Louisiana territory. In 1803 during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, he himself decided to purchase the Louisiana territory for fifteen million dollars from France which doubled the size of the American territory at the time. However, he did not do the purchase of the territory under the right constitutional rights which eventually ended up bringing him problems abroad and at home. Thomas Jefferson justified the purchase of the Louisiana territory by…

expansion was a problem for Americans as Indian tribes were living there. Andrew Jackson was very persistent on the Indian removal before and after presidency, that it would take years of war to forcefully remove the tribes. In this essay, I will explain the background history leading to the removal act. I’ll also go in depth about the reasoning and those involved towards establishing land beyond the Mississippi. Thomas Jefferson, before the Louisiana Purchase, had an agreement with Georgia in…

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…

America were Andrew Carnegie and Henry Frick, Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan and Thomas Edison. Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller made a deal. The deal was that Vanderbilt’s trains would ship crude oil to John’s refinery to turn into kerosene and put the kerosene into bottles. Then Vanderbilt’s trains would pick up John’s bottled kerosene and ship them out. The reason that John…

To begin with, Spain acquired control of the terrain from France in 1763 and was in control of the area during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency. As a result, all agricultural products that shipped down the Mississippi river, and out of the New Orlean’s ports had a modest tariff place on them by Spain. Eventually, Spain struck a deal with France regarding the Louisiana…

sparing.” Andrew Carnegie, a businessman that overcame a life of poverty, devoted most of his life’s earnings to others. He did this without asking for anything in return. Though he impacted American industry significantly, Andrew Carnegie 's greatest contributions came through his philanthropy, which benefitted millions of people. Carnegie began learning about giving from his early life. Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835 in a rough part of Dunfermline, Scotland (“Andrew Carnegie…

He grew up in poverty and became the richest man on earth. His name was Andrew Carnegie. And he is my hero. I admire him the most because of his persistency and generosity. When he was a young man, his boss Thomas A. Scott told Carnegie: I want a bridge. Over the Mississippi river. A bridge that is strong enough to hold a train. With this we can continue the westward expansion (Keep in mind, it was a wish not a command). Back in the days, just after the Civil War, the railroads were getting…

Early in the nineteenth century, Andrew Carnegie was considered a captain of industry for his vast empire of steel. Carnegie would build his empire from the ground up, literally, by investing in skyscrapers, railroads, and steel. Andrew would become one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time when he sold his Carnegie Steel corporation to J.P. Morgan. As America grew in industry, it needed an increase in steel. Carnegie realized this need and acted upon it making America a world of…

federal union. He wanted America to be the ‘best’ America by improving agriculture, manufacturing, and commerce. As a southern man, agriculture was common career to have, and both Jackson and Jefferson share this in common. Jackson attuned the idea of Thomas Jefferson over…