WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Carnegie helped workers obtain better conditions in his factories.
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Carnegie showed how to organize large scale production as well as how to use profits in philanthropic activities
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Carnegie obtained secret rebates from railroad companies shipping his products
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Carnegie obtained near monopoly control of one part of a national industry, rather than engaing in several related activities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which best describes a positive contribution of Andrew Carnegie? Carnegie helped workers obtain better conditions in his factories. Carnegie showed how to organize large-scale production as well as how to use profits in philanthropic activities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew Carnegie controlled the steel industry by owning not only the steel mills, but also the iron ore and coal mines; as well as the railroads which transported his goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement best describes the role of railroads in the industrialization of the United States? They provided an efficient means of transportation during the Age of Big Business.
Detailed explanation-4: -Scottish-born Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist.