This episode in the men who built america spoke mainly of some of the richest people in the world’s history Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ Morgan‚ and Ford all americans and all in the same relative time period. It covers what each of these remarkable individuals did that affected america from ford’s assembly line to the buying of the presidency. But it did not just cover what effects their actions had on america it covered their motivations and what may have inspired them to be so successful. All of them
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These four men‚ George Eastman‚ J.P. Morgan‚ John Rockefeller‚ and Andrew Carnegie were all Captains of Industry. They are all considered Captains of Industry because they all donated huge portions of their wealth to society. George Eastman treated his workers with respect and dignity‚ giving them fair pay‚ reasonable hours‚ and the best benefits he could manage‚ as the writer states. Both the reading and the website show examples of the places he donated to‚ such as large sums of his money to children’s
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The Gospel of Wealth Andrew Carnegie‚ author of “The Gospel of Wealth”‚ was a philanthropist who argued that “Individualism‚ Private Property‚ the Law of Accumulation of Wealth‚ and the Law of Competition;”(Carnegie‚p.24) was only beneficial and experienced to a small percentage of society’s wealth. Carnegie argued in his excerpt that‚ “there are but three modes in which surplus wealth could be disposed of.” These modes include leaving all the accumulated wealth of that person to the family
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the wealthy class. Three specific viewers who had similar‚ but contrasting opinions of this were Andrew Carnegie‚ Eugene V. Debs‚ and Booker T. Washington who believed that wealth could either enable people to rise in society or that it should be distributed. Booker T. Washington’s stance of the wealth created was that it enabled people to rise in society. Different from Andrew Carnegie and Eugene V. Debs‚ he integrated his view into his plan for racial equality. He encouraged black Americans to create a strong economic base
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had his own suppositions that were enhanced by Darwin ’s theories. Many wealthy American business owners also believed that natural selection proved their superiority in contrast to the poorer classes. However‚ Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)‚ an American industrialist and philanthropist‚ felt that wealth was not something one used to show superiority but modesty and generosity during life. In comparison‚ Spencer and Carnegies ideas concerning wealth and society’s social evolution differed greatly.
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like Rockefeller and Carnegie. America was a young country so it was only right that it grew in time. Form this growth came new technologies. Also in a way Americans benefited from monopolies. It helped that some industrial titans were philanthropist. The way that America was growing it needed new technologies. Industrial titans did have very corrupt ways of business but they were only filling the demands of Americans. For many reasons people need access to trains so Carnegie provided the steel that
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assisted the American growth positively whether it was through the economy or acts of philanthropy which helped to equalize the gap between the rich and poor. Some of the famous capitalists at this time were Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. These two well-known capitalists‚ Carnegie and Rockefeller‚ were certainly captains of industry. As captains of industry‚ they believed in stopping the progression of the wealthy class becoming wealthier and the poor classes becoming poorer. This was a problem
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period of invention after the Civil War set the stage for immense industrial growth (Cayton 237). This period of time in the late 1800’s is known as the Industrial Revolution. Two prominent names in big business were John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. There is no doubt that these people left their mark on business and on history. However‚ there is some dispute over how these individuals should be portrayed. Some people say that they were robber barons‚ while others insist that they were captains
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish native that emigrated to Allegheny‚ Pennsylvania when he was a young boy. Through rigorous work‚ reading‚ and dedication Andrew Carnegie became one of the wealthiest men in history. In this autobiography Andrew Carnegie explains the story of being an immigrant who goes through numerous obstacles and struggles‚ however‚ rises to the top. Carnegie’s autobiography is moving and extremely powerful for being one of the first of its kind in the 1900s. He starts as a telegrapher
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D. Rockefeller and the steel industries business mogul‚ Andrew Carnegie contributed back to society as philanthropists by giving away much of their wealth to benefit charitable or cultural goals. Due to the huge sums of money these philanthropists gave the cities became epicenter of culture as libraries‚ performing arts centers‚ museums‚ libraries and even symphony orchestras were instituted – often in the name of the philanthropist. This again was a huge benefit stemming from the Industrial Revolution
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