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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America. The common conception is that these men took advantage of a naïve and growing economy to reap its benefits without giving anything in return. While it was true that the majority of America was poor in comparison to the few elites‚ the philanthropists efforts and contributions to our country and its people through the use of their wealth to improve this nation can not be denied. They were able to created thousands of job opportunities and build industries that benefited the entire nation. If
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society of his time. Because of how Carnegie became this wealthy industrialist he seems to believe in the whole idea of Social Darwinism and Social Gospel which was pretty common for people like him. He seems to believe in the notion of‚ if you hope to achieve something you must work for it‚ it will not be handed to you a silver platter. This however does not mean that he believed any less of all the lower and middle class people. He does after all become a philanthropist‚ he does give his opinion on how
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Thomas Alva Edison United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) Andrew Carnegie United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919) John. D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller (July 8‚ 1839 – May 23‚ 1937) was an American oil magnate. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy
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stature after enduring an impoverished childhood that forced his jobless father to relocate his family to America amid tough times in his native Scotland. As a young man‚ Carnegie worked to make ends meet as a messenger boy for a telegraph company and in a factory that made sewing machine “bobbins.” It was in 1853 that Carnegie was hired by Thomas Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. as a secretary and telegraph operator‚ kicking off his iconic ascent to wealth. Earning just $4 a week‚ he worked
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