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What led Andrew Carnegie to be a robber baron?
Carnegie utilized a vertical monopoly system in which his company produced, distributed and sold their product.
What was Andrew Carnegie's first job?
Fun fact he was 12 doing this job so that he could help support his struggling parents.
A bobbin boy which means at a cotton factory.
another fun fact: He earned just $1.20 a week for doing this.
What did Andrew Carnegie do to his workers?
He payed them little as possible and gave his workers a single holiday-the Fourth of July. For the rest of the year they worked like draft animals.
What was Elon Musk known for?
Chief executive officer (CEO) of electric automobile maker Tesla Inc. (TSLA) and the private space company SpaceX.
Elon Musk and Andrew Carnegie are similar because?
They both came to America to make more of them selfs.
What makes Elon Musk a robber baron?
A extreme capitalism, in the ability to promote his businesses and political notions with a tweet.
In 2002 Elon Musk founded?
SpaceX, a company that makes rockets and spacecraft.
What was something bad that Elon Musk did?
Regularly attacking his perceived enemies to running a company accused of rampant racism and sexism.
What was Andrew Carnegie known for?
One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry
Elon Musk and Andrew made their money by providing goods at a fast rate because?
Andrew Carnegie with his steel and Elon Musk with his space company and his car company Tesla. This let them rise to power rather quickly in the business world
What was something good about Andrew Carnegie?
He paid for thousands of church organs in the United States and around the world.
Did you know that people thank Andrew Carnegie for?
The led of Sesame Street.
In the 1960s, the Carnegie Corporation used some of those funds to research how television might be used to help educate kids, especially underprivileged children. The research eventually led to the Corporation providing Joan Ganz Cooney with the funds to develop Sesame Street and the Children’s Television Workshop.
According to Sherrie Westin, executive vice president of global impact and philanthropy at the Sesame Workshop, “Sesame Street literally would not be here were it not for the bold vision and audacious philanthropy of the Carnegie Corporation.”
Musk and his company have been frequently accused of?
Engaging in fraud, such as in their buyout of SolarCity, selling defective vehicles, overpromising, and posting reckless tweets.
How did Elon Musk earn his money?
From technology companies.
Elon Musk and Andrew Carnegie both?
Cared about the peoples education.
What was something good about Elon Musk?
Ability to inspire others with his vision.
Motivation thorough "a goal that is world-changing"
How many children did Elon have with his first wife?
He had six children but one died.
In the Homestead Strike of 1892, Carnegie did what?
Threw his support behind Frick, the plant manager, who locked out workers and hired Pinkerton thugs to intimidate strikers.
How did Andrew Carnegie earn his money?
Elon Musk and Andrew made their money by providing goods at a fast rate. This led to what?
This led them rise to power rather quickly in the business world.
Where was Elon Musk and Andrew Carnegie born?
Pretoria South Africa - Elon Musk
Dunfermline United Kingdom - Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie wrote his own epitaph which was?
"A Man Who Knew How to Enlist in His Services Better Men Than Himself.”
What was something bad that Andrew Carnegie do?
He used business practices of questionable legality and morality to build up his steel business and become obscenely rich.
Who did Elon donate his money to? As well who did Andrew donate his money to?
Elon donates to children's education while Andrew donates to libraries.
Elon Musk and Andrew Carnegie are both?
Impactors of history.