History Classroom: The Men Who Built America
Season 1 • Episode 3: A Rivalry Is Born • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: A Rivalry Is Born
October 26, 2012 • 42 min
Andrew Carnegie is an immigrant from Scotland who arrives in the u.S. with his parents and starts working at age 12. He finds a patron in railroad executive Tom Scott who teaches him about the business. Scott hires him to build a bridge over the Mississippi River to link East and West. Carnegie agrees even though the project carries risk. He finds his answer in steel.
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