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This 3 page paper looks at Carnegie and Rockefeller's successes, social Darwinism and how history looks at the industrial revolution. The information is provided in question and answer format. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the ideology of success, or the concept that anyone could make it with enough hard work, an idea that was widely promoted in the Gilded Age ("Horatio" PG). Indeed, this
idea that is now called the "American Dream" is still widely embraced even though most realize that there is only a small amount of truth to it. Yes, people do
rise to fame and fortune with hard work, but success stories are few and far between. The majority does not enjoy a great amount of prosperity. At the same
time, Carnegie and Rockefeller are two of those few who made it and they had in fact amassed a great deal of wealth. The Carnegie and Rockefeller names are well
known in New York today. Both Carnegie and Rockefeller had a significant amount of wealth by the twentieth century (Lienhard PG). They were considered "self-made" in that they came from
humble backgrounds and earned the money themselves. John D. Rockefeller was for example the son of a trader (PG). Carnegie worked early in his life and his jobs practically map
out the technological emergence of nineteenth century America as he began as a bobbin boy in a textile factory, and then went on to be a telegraph operator (PG). He
worked on the railroads and with oil wells and it was not until he was 38 years old that he started the Keystone Iron Works, and he stayed with that,
which made him one of the wealthiest men on the planet (PG). Hard work for both men paid off and thus exemplified the Horatio Alger myth. 2) From
1865-1914, the United States Economy transformed itself into an industrial giant. In what ways do historians disagree about the role of industrial leaders in this economic transformation?
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