History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0310 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Carnegie's Rise
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The idea
Andrew Carnegie came from Scotland to Pennsylvania in eighteen forty-eight and started work at thirteen as a bobbin boy, then as a telegraph messenger.
In practice
An oil investment of eighteen sixty-four returning more than a million dollars in dividends.
Where people slip
The anchor calls his rise the model rags-to-riches story, while noting that such stories were mostly myth.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
Unlocks
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