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In response to Mr. Carnegie’s sense of duty, a workingman responds with a sarcastic prayer to “Oh, Almighty Andrew Philanthropist Library Carnegie.”[footnoteRef:1] [1: Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays ( 1889); “A Workingman’s Prayer,” The Coming Nation, February 10, 1894 in Roy Rosenzweig and Nelson Lichtenstein, Who Built America? Working People and the Nation’s History, vol. 2 ( New York: Bedford St. Martin, 2008, 46. ]
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How to Analyze a Source
Essay Writing
Primary sources are the core elements of historical analysis and interpretation.
1) Context: (Text)
Who? Andrew Carnegie & a worker
What? (topic/issue) wealth
Where? United States
When? ( Gospel of Wealth) 1889
(WorkingMan’s Prayer) 1894
2) Read and analyze the source
What is the context for these two sources?
According to Andrew Carnegie what are the major responsibilities for persons of wealth?
What is the workingman’s response to the responsibility or duty of the wealthy outlined by Carnegie?
Andrew Carnegie, along with other industrialists like John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt, strongly opposed workers’ rights and labor reform yet gave vast sums of money for philanthropic causes. According to these two sources, how do we explain ideology and behavior that does not respect worker autonomy yet provides money for the "betterment" of those same workers?
How do the differing attitudes portrayed in these sources fit into the 1892 Homestead Strike?
Organize an outline:
Turn the main points of the questions into topics and organize the questions (now topics) into a short topical outline.
Use the main ideas from the questions as the topics and the information from the sources as the subtopics
Duty of a Man of Wealth
I. Introduction- Context & Thesis
A. Andrew Carnegie and workingman
B. Perspectives on money/ wealth
C. Gilded Age (1880s & 90s)
D. Thesis
II. Major responsibilities for wealthy
A. Live modestly
B. Role Model
C.
III. Workingman’s Response
A. Sarcastic- “Oh, almighty Andrew Philanthropist Library Carnegie”
B. Combines and trusts to enslave
C. Free church organs v. shabby wives and families
III. “Betterment” philosophy
A. Define
B. Impact on workers
C. Explanation
IV. Homestead Strike
A. Carnegie’s approach to workers
B. Workers response
C. Outcome of the strike
Organize a thesis: One sentence that states the main point of the essay……
1) The Gilded Age exchange between Andrew Carnegie and a workingman demonstrates wealthy persons patronizing attitude toward workers and the workers’ response.
2) A worker’s response to Andrew Carnegie’s “duty of a man of wealth” in the Gilded Age clarifies working peoples’ deep suspicion of philanthropy.
3) Andrew Carnegie’s “duty of a man of wealth” explains the dominant attitude of the wealthy toward the workers.
Write the introduction- Context & Thesis
A. Andrew Carnegie and workingman
B. Perspectives on money/ wealth
C. Gilded Age (1880s & 90s)
D. Thesis
Write the essay: "flesh out" and answer the outline questions; end with a conclusion that summarizes the main points of the essay and reinforces the thesis.
Make transitions: Refer to the earlier paragraph in the next one.
Use citations:
III. Workingman’s Response
A. Sarcastic- “Oh, almighty Andrew Philanthropist Library Carnegie”
In response to Mr. Carnegie’s sense of duty, a workingman responds with a sarcastic prayer to “Oh, Almighty Andrew Philanthropist Library Carnegie.”
1. Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays ( 1889); “A Workingman’s Prayer,” The Coming Nation, February 10, 1894 in Roy Rosenzweig and Nelson Lichtenstein, Who Built America? Working People and the Nation’s History, vol. 2 ( New York: Bedford St. Martin, 2008, 46.
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Primary source 1 “……The Duty of a Man of Wealth…..” (p.46)
Andrew Carnegie was a leading industrialist of the Gilded Age. His capitalist philosophy also made him a leading philanthropist. Carnegie’s employees held a very different attitude toward capitalism. Both views are expressed in the excerpt from Carnegie’s The Gospel of Wealth and A Workman’s Prayer. After reading both sources on p.46 and background in the textbook pp.4447, write a 4 page essay that addresses the following questions:
1. What is the context for these two sources? 2. According to Andrew Carnegie what are the major responsibilities for persons of wealth? 3. What is the workingman’s response to the responsibility or duty of the wealthy outlined by Carnegie? 4. Andrew Carnegie, along with other industrialists like John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt, strongly opposed workers’ rights
and labor reform yet gave vast sums of money for philanthropic causes. According to these two sources, how do we explain ideology and behavior that does not respect worker autonomy yet provides money for the "betterment" of those same workers?
5. How do the differing attitudes portrayed in these sources fit into the 1892 Homestead Strike?
The final submission to turnitin.com must include the outline, essay, thesis statement, and works cited. These must be submitted as one document. If you have further questions about the Chicago Style of formatting, listen to my explanation Analyzing a Primary Source at Week 2 on the schedule at or go to http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch10_s10001.html
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