https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7 en-us 2017-01-16 20:20:53 UTC 2026-02-10 21:33:57 UTC hello@padlet.com emilia_torello https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147428958 Biography.com Editors. "Andrew Carnegie Biography." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 22 Nov. 2016. Web. 16 Jan. 2017.]]> 2017-01-17 00:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147428958 emilia_torello https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147428990 2017-01-17 00:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147428990 emilia_torello https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147429283 Born: November 25, 1835
Place of Birth: Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom 
Place Raised: Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Died: August 11, 1919]]> 2017-01-17 00:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147429283 emilia_torello https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147429540 Carnegie worked his way up in the American business world, starting as a factory worker, then a telegraph messenger, to a telegraph operator, to becoming the assistant and telegrapher to Thomas Scott at the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1853. Here, he learned about the ins and outs of the railroad industry and business, later being promoted to Superintendent.]]> 2017-01-17 00:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147429540 emilia_torello https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147429880 While learning about business and the railroad industry, Carnegie began making oil investments, only to abandon the railroad industry and move to steel. The Carnegie Steel Company completely altered and modernized steel production in the United States.]]> 2017-01-17 00:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147429880 emilia_torello https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147431483 Being noted a robber baron dubs Carnegie a man who profited at the expense of its workers. He gets this reputation mainly from an event in 1892. When the company tried to lower wages at a Carnegie Steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania, the employees objected, which is now commonly referred to as the Homestead Strike. When things got violent due to the decisions of the manager, many hold Carnegie accountable, despite the fact that he was away at the time of the strike.]]> 2017-01-17 00:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147431483 emilia_torello https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147432148 After being one of the most successful American businessmen ever, Carnegie sold his life of steel and traded it in for a life of helping others. More than 2,800 libraries were made possible by him, including the $5 million to the New York Public Library he made in 1901. Carnegie established the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, which is now known as Carnegie-Mellon University, in 1904. Just one year after, he created the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His charity doesn't stop there. Being the philanthropist that he was, Carnegie formed the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1910. ]]> 2017-01-17 01:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emilia_torello/zmdm1m8nncu7/wish/147432148