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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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    world‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ actually grew up with another family in one half of an attic‚ and him and his parents in another half. This attic was located above his father’s workplace in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. At the age of eight‚ he started his education in a one-room school packed with around 150 students. Driven by the Irish potato famine‚ his family left for the United states in 1848‚ searching for a better and safer life. In order to make ends meet his family needed $7.50 a week‚ so Carnegie took a job

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    is willing to climb a little”. Andrew Carnegie was believed to be a captain of industries. Carnegie grew up to be the wealthiest business men in America. Andrew Carnegie is and always will be a captain of industry. One of the reasons Andrew Carnegie is a captain of industry is because he is the one that gave many people jobs when they needed it . Another reason Andrew Carnegie was a captain of industry is because he donated to charity $5 million. Carnegie had built plants around the country

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    Libraries are more than a quiet place to read a good book. The Carnegie Library has been an influential place throughout the conscious years of my life. Every since I could remember‚ the Library has been a place where I would be allowed to further my love of reading and expand upon the knowledge I already had a basis for. Now that I have come across a topic which I would like to study for life‚ the Library has been a resource for my further learning in Psychology. From when I was younger‚ I

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    Andrew Carnegie is a legend in industry. He was He was born in Scotland in 1835. He came to America and started his working career in a cotton mill as a bobbin boy. He was a hard worker‚ and quickly was promoted through the ranks of Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In 1865‚ he quit and started his own business‚ the famous and notorious Carnegie Steel Company. His company was responsible for starting the steel industry in Pittsburgh‚ and he and his company left their imprint on

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    Born from nothing and made into something. Andrew Carnegie was one the of most famous business men in America. He was born in Scotland and was immigrated to America with his family. They lived in a small house in Pittsburgh and they had little money. In some ways he was a hero and in some ways he was not. A hero is someone who is admired for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Carnegie was a hero because he was a philanthropist and was the reason that the United States became a

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    William Thomson‚ 1st Baron Kelvin OM‚ GCVO‚ PC‚ PRS‚ PRSE (/ˈkɛlvɪn/; 26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907)‚ was an Irish and British mathematical physicist and engineerwho was born in Belfast in 1824. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics‚ and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. He worked closely with mathematics professor Hugh Blackburn in his work

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    James Wong Robber Baron ’s are Captains of Industry who are looked down upon for succeeding at the expense of others and at the expense of moral integrity. To firmly attach a label to any given person or people is difficult because the distinction between a robber baron and a captain of industry alternates with the point of view from which you hold. Leland Stanford and the Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad are perfect examples of how there are contrasting arguments about their proper titles

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    Andrew Carnegie and The American Dream Many have tried; few have achieved - The American Dream. What is the American Dream? According to Webster the American Dream is the ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success. Andrew Carnegie is the epitome of the American Dream because he is a classic example of rags to riches success story. He seemed to be touched by an angel. No matter what was wrong with the world‚ Andrew

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    John D. Rockefeller Senior is one of the most famous industrialists to date. His fame is well deserved‚ through decades of hard work that brought prosperity to the American petroleum industry. Rockefeller has been called philanthropist‚ "great man" 1 "industrial statesman…‚ robber baron" ‚ thief and other titles of both pleasant and unpleasant nature. His ways of conducting business brought him fame‚ fortune‚ and a lawsuit that broke up the Standard Oil Company. Despite these questionable business

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