Who Is Andrew Carnegie Not A Hero

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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 to 20 cents. The workers has strikes for example the Homestead Steel strike. Carnegie was not grateful to his workers instead he reduced the pay. THis showed how Carnegie manipulated money. In other words carnegie fortune was not pure. Many say that work and success is earned, nut in Doc D shows Andrew being two face and manipulating money. The author of the cartoon in Doc D believed Carnegie isn't a hero. If Carnegie would not take so much money away from the workers , he would have still been rich. But instead he decided to do the wrong thing and take away more money from workers. Heroes …show more content…

So, why did Andrew Carnegie give away money to charity but couldn't even pay his workers right. To his community and people he gave money and charity to he was a great man. Carnegie Obviously covered up how he really was. Carnegie blindsided everyone to believe he was a hero. The community couldn't see the reality of how carnegie had obtained all the money to donate. Doc C shows all the donations, University of Scotland , Princeton University and etc. But to think of how all the money that was meant for workers but was taken to make Carnegie fortune

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