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    century, How Mr. Carnegie business affected society today, what were the pros and cons of this business, if this cons and pros still exist. Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist and philanthropist. Andrew Carnegie was born in November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He was the son of a handloom weaver. Andrew’s Carnegie parents decide to move to North

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    Rockefeller and Carnegie

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    steel industry, while Rockefeller controlled oil. Both of these men were similar; they came from humble beginnings and showed interest in their careers at a young age. On November 25, 1835 William Carnegie had his first child named Andrew in Dunfermline, Scotland. Andrew Carnegie faced poverty most of his young life; this was because of the era called industrialization, which replaced the once successful hand weaver, William Carnegie with a steamed powered loom in 1847.

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    Andrew Carnegie was a hero amongst a few people but it can be debatable towards others. Andrew Carnegie was born in November 1835, in the attic of a weaver’s cottage in Dunfermline, Scotland. While he was growing up, his family was poor, so his family decided to move to the United States, he started working at the age of twelve. As he got older he got promoted into different positions and because of this he was able to build up his own business and bought out his competition. Could Andrew Carnegie

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    “Man-made” Dylan Duncan History 1301/3B 9-15-17 Ms. Diaz Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, United Kingdom. Life as we know it today was not only influenced from the past but built on its foundation, the foundation that successful men over the generations have given us. Andrew Carnegie is no exception to this list. He lived a life of wealth through the

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    considered as the captain of industry because they helped in one way or the other to grow business, and with the profits that they made, they give back to the society to benefit everyone else rather than themselves. Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline Scotland, after moving to the United States, he worked a series of railroad jobs. In 1889, he established his own Carnegie Steel company which soon wiped out all other industry in the United

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    Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? “The man who dies rich, dies disgraced” John Perricone Period 6 Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Andrew Carnegie is known as the king of steel. He was born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1848 he and he and his family immigrated to America and ended up in Pittsburg, where they lived in a small house and had very little money. In 1872 he traveled to England where he met Henry Bessemer, the man who converted iron into steel. He took Bessemer’s brilliant

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    The definition of a hero is someone who has integrity, intelligence, and was self-made. Andrew Carnegie, a philanthropist, used to grow up poor in Scotland; however, in 1848 he began working in America at the age of twelve. Despite his financial issues, he began to succeed in his career as he gained more network through the various of positions he has taken. After the Civil War, he started his own company by introducing steel production and later on became the most successful businessman to influence

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    Industrializing America was the quarter stone that ultimately transitioned this developing nation into a dominating power. The resources and demand for expansion sent a worldwide calling to any and to all who wished to advance themselves in this new world, where opportunities were endless. Indeed many responded to the call, such as the Carnegie family, of which was seeking rebirth to stabilize themselves after losing everything. Fortunately the Carnegies had made the right decision and from that

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    Captains of Industry

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    captains of industry in their own time, but also legacies of American success. Though very different in personality, Rockefeller and Carnegie were raised under similar circumstances and shared similar convictions in regard to poverty. Growing up in Dunfermline, Scotland, Carnegie experienced the life of the working poor first-hand (Andrew Carnegie PBS). His father was a weaver, and the industrial revolution that would later correlate directly with Carnegie’s success destroyed his father’s trade (Andrew

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    What reveals one's inner desires? What motivates one to surmount all obstacles? What instigates one's ambition? What can bring fantasy into reality? Dreams. Dreams start off as seedlings that are planted in one's mind, and, as they grow, so does one's will to make them materialize. The process of turning a dream into reality is anything but short. Environmental factors influence dream development. When Mohandas Ghandi was growing up, he lived a charmed life in the merchant caste of India

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