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Mistreatment Of Workers

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During the booming of industry in the U.S., Americans were experiencing new inventions. A life changing event that happened to americans is the steel company. Creating the steel company in America would create new jobs, but also bad treatment of workers. The reason for the mistreatment of workers was owner and richest man in America Andrew Carnegie.How did andrew canriege get all this money? andrew used his workers well earned money; later Carnegie used the money for charity and himself. Andrew Carnegie was not a hero, he took money from his worker, and later used that money for charity and himself. The steel company was important to America, but what would the steel company be without the workers? ANdrew Carnegie reduced wages of worker

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