Andrew Carnegie Dbq

Andrew Carnegie was a steel businessman and the richest man in the United State in half of 19 century. He was born in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1835. He lived in a poor place. So he decided to move to U.S in the late 1800s to have a better life. First, he worked in the railroad industry in seven years. Then, he left and moved to New York. In 1872 he took a trip to England and cooperated with Henry Bessemer to build a steel mill. He became famous Homestead steel. The philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie made him a hero which set the foundation for three reasons. This was done through Carnegie’s gifts because he gave money to help many causes like education, religion, and other charities, ”The Gospel of Wealth” he believed that rich people are superior to all classes so they should use their money to help lessen or poor people and Carnegie helped his hometown. While there are three main reasons that Andrew Carnegie was a hero, the most significant were in documents B, C, and D.

Carnegie gave the most money to education with mostly $100,000,000 in which places of Princeton University to encourage rowing, TIAA to funding for Teacher’s Insurance, Universities of Scotland to inheritance for universities,... He gave $4,000,000 to help all steelworkers. He had a generous heart when sending $6,248,000 to the church organs. The total giving overall is $350,659,653. His purpose was to give money to who needed. He did it that make him become a hero because he donated all his money to help with many