CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY: CARNEGIE & FLORIDIANS
CAPITANES DE INDUSTRIA: CARNEGIE & FLORIDIANS
SS.912.A.3.2 Examine the social, political, and economic causes, course, and consequences of the Second Industrial Revolution that began in the late 19th century.
● Explain and/or evaluate the significance of events, movements, and people in American society prior to and/or during the Second Industrial
Revolution.
SS.912.A.3.4 Determine how the development of steel, oil, transportation, communication, and business practices affected the United States economy.
● Identify the new industries and/or economic innovations of the Second Industrial Revolution and their impact on American economy and society.
Born in Scotland, Carnegie made his fortune in the United States. He
Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Steel: $310 Billion
rose from cotton factory worker to division superintendent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, where he began making investments. He is most
“The contrast between the palace of the famous for his dominant force in the steel industry, though he later sold
millionaire and the cottage of the laborer with Carnegie Steel Company to banker J.P. Morgan and became a
us today measures the change which has come philanthropist.
with civilization. This change, however, is not to
be deplored, but welcomed as highly beneficial… Primary Source Analysis
[The Law of competition] is here; we cannot
evade it; no substitutes for it have been found;
and while the law may be sometimes hard for How does
Carnegie justify
the individual, … it insures the survival of the
his claim that the
fittest in every department. We accept and gap between the
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of environment, the concentration of business, beneficial?
industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few,
Use evidence from
and the law of competition between these, as
the text to support
being not only beneficial, but essential for the your answer.
future…”
The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Steel: $310 Billion
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CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
SS.912.A.3.13 Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States history.
● Explain the impact of key events and peoples in Florida history related to the Second Industrial Revolution.
Henry Flagler, Standard Oil: $1.6 Billion Partnered with Rockefeller to create the Standard Oil Company. After
spending time in Jacksonville, he dedicated himself to developing
railroads, hotels, and new towns across eastern Florida. The Florida East
Coast Railway connected northern Jacksonville to southern Miami and
Hamilton Disston bought 4 million acres of beyond. Hotels like the Hotel Ponce de Leon in St. Augustine were
Central Florida land and created a continuous intended for the rich and famous.
waterway from Central Florida to the Gulf of
Mexico.
How did the
William Chipley built the Pensacola and Atlantic contributions of
Railroad, linking the eastern coast of Florida to Flagler, Disston,
the Gulf Coast, and later served in the FL Chipley, and
Senate. Plant influence
Florida history?
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Henry B. Plant completed new tracks, economic and
connecting Tampa to the eastern seaboard, and social factors.
improved the efficiency of train travel with
consistent width tracks.
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story about
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Industry.
