Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller changed the industry of steel and pants in the United States forever. Carnegie, the son of a weaver, grew up to become one of the richest businessmen in America. On the other hand, Rockefeller was an American industrialist who set out a number of small-business ventures as a teenager. Carnegie and Rockefeller changed the world forever, helping the United States become something substantial.
Andrew Carnegie came up with a cheap, and efficient way of creating steel by purchasing steel mills. He believed that wealthy people should give back, so he donated $56 million to build 2,509 libraries throughout the world. After his death, Carnegie gave a way 90% of his fortune. His purchase of steel mills changes steel manufacturing in the United
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His source of technology benefited the country making steel easier and faster. In the article “Entrepreneurs: Andrew Carnegie it states” it states “His company helped grow U.S. business. Through this growth, Carnegie helped shape the United States into what it is today. By 1889, the Carnegie Steel Company was the largest of its kind in the world. The Carnegie Steel Company changed steel manufacturing in the United States. Carnegie built plants around the country. He used technology that made manufacturing steel easier and faster.” Without Carnegie's steel business, the United States wouldn’t be able to make steel as easily. Becoming the largest of its kind, his business made him very wealthy. In addition, Carnegie’s belief that all wealthy should give back, made him donate most of his fortune to making over 2,000 libraries, and building Carnegie Mellon University. In the same article, it states “At the age of 65, Carnegie decided to spend the rest of his days helping others. He had begun his charity work years earlier. But Carnegie expanded his efforts in the early 1900s. He decided to give about $5 million to the New York Public Library in 1901. He