Industrialization was a period of fast economic growth and it encouraged industries to expand its influence and utilize laborers to manufacture goods. Many early countries which underwent Industrialization became powerful‚ such as the United States and Britain. Despite the economic gain‚ it is often accompanied by Imperialism‚ the seizing of control of other territories and resources‚ which promotes competition and rivalry between nations and subdues some weaker groups. In addition‚ Industrialization
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Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25‚ 1835 in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. Andrews father was a handloom weaver (which is someone who threads yarn with interlacing yarn with another creating cloth) but that sadly came to an end as the steam powered looms came into play. Andrew learned what poverty meant as when his mother had to go to work to support their family. So this set his plan in action to become a great man. His mother moved their family out to pittsburgh in 1848 which in those times it was
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Andrew Carnegie grew to be a powerful business man. He was self-made which means he started out with nothing then became successful on his own. Andrew was born in Scotland in the year of 1835 and grew up poor. He later started working as a bobbin boy but had little earnings at the age of 12. In 1872‚ he adopted the Bessemer Process and built a steel mill in Pittsburgh. As a result of his wealth‚ Carnegie gave away $350‚695‚653 which helped others. The philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie made him a known
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In the twentieth century‚ various social reform movements changed American society‚ such as the civil rights movement. This term refers to the 1950s and 60s when multitudes of people worked towards the advancement of equal economic‚ social‚ and political rights‚ especially for blacks. The movement involved courage and determination from leaders and activists‚ alike. Christianity‚ through its followers and places of worship‚ played a key role in inspiring people to follow Christian morals by protesting
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the top. During the Industrial Revolution‚ America became an urban and industrial world. The world was ran majority by machinery‚ factories‚ and mass production and less agriculture. Unfortunately‚ industrialization often caused the poor working class to have a rough employment and living conditions‚ but the higher‚ richer class benefitted with improved living conditions. Irregularity was happening within the social lives‚ the employment‚ and the finances of the people. Andrew Carnegie Wealth and
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generalization. (74) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions. To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? (71) 4. What role did unfree labor play in colonial American
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Andrew Carnegie grew up in Dunfermline‚ Scotland and immigrated along with his family to the United States in the late 1800s. He worked his way up from being a poor Irish immigrant to become one of the most famous industrialists that helped transform the U.S steel industry in the late 19th century. Andrew Carnegie was a hero in many ways. One reason why Andrew Carnegie was a hero was because of his influences on renovating the American steel industry which helped create the U.S a world power. Secondly
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Jane Addams Jane Addams was a pioneer‚ American settlement worker‚ a founder of the Hull House in Chicago‚ a public philosopher (the first American woman to be given that title)‚ an author‚ a pacifist and a feminist leader. In September of 1889‚ Ellen Gates Starr and her founded the Hull House in Chicago. She used Hull House to keep families safe and to improve community and societal conditions. Ellen and Jane developed three ethnic principles for social settlements: to teach by example‚ to practice
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Social Darwinism gained popularity in European nations in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Social Darwinism supports the idea that people were engaged in a competition or “struggle for survival” in which the weakest people and nations would be destroyed and dominated while the strong grew in power and influence. Great Britain applied this idea to China and infiltrated the land and its systems. The British would send missionaries throughout the land and try to convert the Chinese to Christianity
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possessed by a “hero”. Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist who supported capitalism‚ and Social Darwinism‚ free enterprise and economic competition. He favored the idea that the most superior people in society naturally rise to the top. He was born in 1835 in the attic of a weaver’s cottage in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. Carnegie´s family faced poverty‚ which caused him to begin work at the age of 12 to contribute to his family’s responsibilities. Working 12 hours a day‚ Carnegie earned 1 dollar and 20
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