WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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to profit from the expanding education sector
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to avoid paying income taxes on their wealth
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to give poor people a chance to become wealthy through education
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to prove that they did not believe in Social Darwinism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did business leaders, such as Andrew Carnegie, set up universities, museums, and libraries? To give poor people a chance to become wealthy through education.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did many immigrants to the United States have such an optimistic spirit? They believed better economic and personal opportunities awaited them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carnegie worked in a Pittsburgh cotton factory . While working for the railroad, he invested in various ventures, including iron and oil companies, and made his first fortune by the time he was in his early 30s.
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.