WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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John D. Rockefeller
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Henry Ford
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Andrew Carnegie
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scottish-born Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist. Carnegie worked in a Pittsburgh cotton factory as a boy before rising to the position of division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1859.
Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a Scottish immigrant who is remembered for his industrialist fortune and philanthrophy. Carnegie made his fortune through steel and railroad businesses. This photograph of Andrew Carnegie taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) circa 1905.
Detailed explanation-3: -By age 30, Carnegie had amassed business interests in iron works, steamers on the Great Lakes, railroads, and oil wells. He was subsequently involved in steel production, and built the Carnegie Steel Corporation into the largest steel manufacturing company in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland on November 25, 1825 1835. His family immigrated to the United States when he was a child and eventually they settled in Pennsylvania.
Detailed explanation-5: -Andrew Carnegie took advantage of the emerging American steel industry and technological innovations, which led him to become one of the richest men in the United States.