The Rise of Andrew Carnegie
If you know anything about the history of the Unites States and the industrialization period, then you will recognize the name Andrew Carnegie. He was not only the inventor of the well-known steel industry we have today, but is also one of the greatest industrialists that has ever existed. Carnegie, however, didn’t grow up wealthy as a child like you would think from all his wealth from the steel industry. Born into his family in Scotland, his parents struggled to make enough money to support Andrew and his other siblings. Growing up poor vastly helped Carnegie when he got older and dealt with the success of the steel mill. It taught Carnegie to respect what he had and that just because people have money, it doesn’t make them any better of a person. He learned lessons as a child from his relatives and friends about the simple pleasures in life. He realized that even if you don’t have all the money in the world, that you could just as easily be content with life. His childhood experiences
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Carnegie occasionally dealt with these types of harsh conditions in his business career and was forced to figure out the best way to overcome them. The workers at the mill would constantly complain about the harsh conditions when working there. The reason that the mill was so successful was because the workers were forced to work extremely long hours and for very low wages. It got so bad that the workers formed a strike to protest the amount of labor and pay that they were receiving. In the long run sadly Carnegie won the strike and the workers started going back to the steel mill. Even though they endured all of these harsh rules in the steel mill, Carnegie still felt that his actions were justified. He believed this because his workers were better housed and paid than most people during the