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A 4 page paper which examines attitudes towards wealth in the 19th century as seen through the figures of Andrew Carnegie, Horatio Alger, and Booker T. Washington. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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to those with wealth. It was clearly one of those times that proved a man could go from the most impoverished existence to one of great success and wealth and
ultimately led the nation to believe in the American Dream. The following paper examines how three different individuals perceived, and involved themselves in, wealth during the 19th century. The individuals
are Andrew Carnegie, Horatio Alger, and Booker T. Washington. Wealth in the 19th Century Andrew Carnegie: Carnegie is one of the
most profound characters in history where acquired wealth came through very hard work. He was born in Scotland, his father was a weaver (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2007). When
he was around 13 years of age his family moved to the United States where "Carnegie went to work as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill. He then moved
rapidly through a succession of jobs with Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad" (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2007). He then began his own business, a very successful and powerful
business, the Carnegie Steel Company which essentially made Pittsburg the steel capital of the nation (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2007). There
are many who claim that during this particular time he was a man who truly abused and used his workers, and did nothing but gain incredibly financial success off the
backs of workers. But, it is also evident that in his later years he becamse one of the most powerful philanthropists ever known: "Many persons of wealth have contributed to
charity, but Carnegie was perhaps the first to state publicly that the rich have a moral obligation to give away their fortunes. In 1889 he wrote The Gospel of Wealth,
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