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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie started out as a cotton worker as a child. His employer Col. Anderson allowed the boys to read in his library and Carnegie read the books and became educated. After this he started in the steel industry. He created a new way to make steel and later his company joined with others to take over the steel industry. After his steel took of Carnegie sold his company for $400 million dollars. This made him the richest man in the world at that time.

Carnegie’s position on the Phillepene annexation was that it was a bad idea. Andrew was once said he would pay $20,000,000 to stop the annexation. He also was in a group called the Anti-Imperialist League with his friends Mark Twain, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and Senator George Hoar. This group was against imperialism and though of it as a direct attack at democracy and a poison to America.

Andrew was a Philantropist and wanted the best for America and the world this is one of the main reasons he was interested in the Phillepene Annexation. Another reason is he felt that imperilism was a horrible thing to do and was strongly against it.

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OFFERED TO PAY ALL THE PHILIPPINE INDEMNITY. - Mr. Carnegie Would Have Given $20,000,000 to Prevent Annexation to the United States. - Article - NYTimes.com." //The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia//. 16 May 1902. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. .