WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
ANDREW CARNEGIE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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navy
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food supply
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railroads and telegraph lines
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Civil War, Carnegie helped organize the repair of the rail system around Washington, DC and then organized the Telegraphers Corps. While still working for the railroad during the war, he organized a partnership to manufacture railroad bridges.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the U.S. Civil War, Andrew Carnegie was drafted for the Army; however, rather than serve, he paid another man $850 to report for duty in his place, a common practice at the time.
Detailed explanation-3: -He later successfully built the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad to haul Mesabi iron ore from the Great Lakes to his Pittsburgh steel mills, and the Keystone Bridge Company built the line’s massive 3, 400 foot long bridge over the Allegheny River near Oakmont.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carnegie worked with others in establishing a steel rolling mill, and steel production and control of industry became the source of his fortune. Carnegie had some investments in the iron industry before the war. After the war, Carnegie left the railroads to devote his energies to the ironworks trade.