Andrew Carnegie Dbq

Andrew Carnegie was a hero because he proved that the rags to riches American Dream is possible, he was also a philanthropist and he mastered the skills of a successful business man. Andrew Carnegie was a hero because he proved the American Dream from rags to riches is a real thing . Growing up, Andrew lived in Scotland with his family." Carnegie and his family of four lived in a garret room above his father's embroiderer shop with another family. Annual rent $20" ( Document 1). The family plodded to make ends meet and pay the $7.50 rent each week. Carnegie was not the type of person to just roll through the movements and just get by. Everyone in his family had to work, but Carnegie knows that he needs to do further than just get a job. He tutored himself how to tap morse code, became locally noticed, and got a job earning $4.00 a week. Next was the railways earning $8.00 a week which came out to be further than what his family's rent was. Within 7 times, he became the supervisor of the Pennsy's Western Division. Age 24 he was making $500 a. wealth was not just handed to Carnegie, he went

To consider surplus as trust funds to produce the most beneficial results from the community.’’ He wanted to donate all his money for the greater good of the community. Andrew Carnegie also opened many Carnegie libraries where people can use books without a fee because he believed that if a man wanted work and gained knowledge he should be able to. In (document 9) it shows how much he donated not in total but in that list alone he donated 271,013,000 dollars and in total he gave 350,695,653. Some of the things he donated was $25,000,000 to promote scientific research, homestead relief fund funds for steel workers and families, teachers pension fund for 15,000,000 to help poor