WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Creating a powerful business through vertical and horizontal integration
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Causing the Johnstown Flood
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Giving back to his community through libraries and music halls
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being a ruthless leader that did not improve conditions for his workers
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Detailed explanation-1: -A generous philanthropist, he slashed the wages of the workers who made him rich. One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into the richest man in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -His steel empire produced the raw materials that built the physical infrastructure of the United States. He was a catalyst in America’s participation in the Industrial Revolution, as he produced the steel to make machinery and transportation possible throughout the nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Andrew Carnegie (b. 1835-1919) gained control of the U.S. steel industry by producing quality steel at low prices and by taking over every stage of production, eventually gaining a monopoly.
Detailed explanation-4: -Because of his position, Carnegie had knowledge of the war machine during the Civil War and saw there was a large need for iron products. After the war he used this new knowledge to switch his business interests from railroads and telegraphs to the ironworks industry, eventually founding the Keystone Bridge Works.