WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
ANDREW CARNEGIE
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December
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scotland
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augest
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july
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Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Carnegie died on August 11, 1919, in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Carnegie, who had been writing his memoirs, made his last entry on that day, writing: “The world convulsed by war as never before! Men slaying each other like wild beasts! I dare not relinquish all hope.”
Detailed explanation-3: -By the time of his death, Andrew Carnegie, despite his best efforts, had not been able to give away his entire fortune. He had distributed $350 million, but had $30 million left, which went into the Corporation’s endowment. Toward the end of his life, Carnegie, a pacifist, had a single goal: achieving world peace.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carnegie himself was the first president of the Corporation, which he endowed in perpetuity with his remaining fortune-$135 million-to be used principally to promote education and international peace.