American History: The Gilded Age as Interpreted by Carnegie

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This paper is based primarily on:
Henretta, ed. Chapter 17: The Gilded Age: Building a Technological and Industrial Giant and a New Social Order
Sheets, Sources for America’s History,
17.1 “Industrialist Justifies Fortunes Used for the Common Good (Andrew Carnegie, Wealth, 1899)
Do not use outside online sources or texts!
Topic Prompt:
What argument does Carnegie make about the uses to which the great fortunes of industrialists should be devoted? What factors might have motivated Carnegie to write his essay on wealth, and for whom do you think he wrote it? What inferences can you draw about the social and political context during which Carnegie wrote, which may have inspired his essay?

Guidelines.
Consider the question. Read the entire chapter and the document carefully. Take notes as you read.
Look at the timeline on 506 of your book for clues on the social and political context during which Carnegie wrote.
Make sure that you answer fully each question in the essay prompt.
Your opening paragraph should have a thesis statement. A thesis statement articulates the argument that you will advance throughout the essay.
James A. Henretta et al. America’s History. Vol. 2 Since 1856 8th Edition. New York: Bedford St. Martin’s Press, 2016.