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[[Image:Andrew Carnegie 1835.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Andrew Carnegie 1835.jpg/credit|{{Andrew Carnegie 1835.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Andrew Carnegie, in 1912.]] | [[Image:Andrew Carnegie 1835.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Andrew Carnegie 1835.jpg/credit|{{Andrew Carnegie 1835.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Andrew Carnegie, in 1912.]] | ||
'''Andrew Carnegie''' (1835-1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and founder of the [[Steel industry, history |steel industry in the United States]]. After selling his steel interests to [[U.S. Steel]] in 1901, Carnegie became for some years the richest man in the world. He gave away his fortune to a series of philanthropies in America, Scotland and the British Empire, promoting libraries, higher education, science, and world peace. Rejecting the "robber baron" epithet hurled by radicals, he opposed imperialism and was one of the most visible leaders of the [[Efficiency Movement]] in the [[Gilded Age]] and during the [[Progressive Era]] was a major proponent of philanthropy through the "Gospel of Wealth."<font size=1>[[Andrew Carnegie|['''more...''']]]</font> | '''[[Andrew Carnegie]]''' (1835-1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and founder of the [[Steel industry, history |steel industry in the United States]]. After selling his steel interests to [[U.S. Steel]] in 1901, Carnegie became for some years the richest man in the world. He gave away his fortune to a series of philanthropies in America, Scotland and the British Empire, promoting libraries, higher education, science, and world peace. Rejecting the "robber baron" epithet hurled by radicals, he opposed imperialism and was one of the most visible leaders of the [[Efficiency Movement]] in the [[Gilded Age]] and during the [[Progressive Era]] was a major proponent of philanthropy through the "Gospel of Wealth."<font size=1>[[Andrew Carnegie|['''more...''']]]</font> | ||
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The '''Russian Revolution of 1905''' was a popular uprising that created an element of constitutional monarchy in [[Russia]] following [[Nicholas II]]'s [[October Manifesto]] of 1905. The uprising was caused mainly by the horrible showing of Russian forces in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904/1905 but also because of the increased visibility of social agitators such as [[Socialism|Socialist]]s, [[Anarchism|Anarchist]]s, [[Liberalism|Liberal]]s and other revolutionaries such as [[Nihilism|Nihilist]]s in Russian society. <font size=1>[[Russian Revolution of 1905|['''more...''']]]</font> | The '''[[Russian Revolution of 1905]]''' was a popular uprising that created an element of constitutional monarchy in [[Russia]] following [[Nicholas II]]'s [[October Manifesto]] of 1905. The uprising was caused mainly by the horrible showing of Russian forces in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904/1905 but also because of the increased visibility of social agitators such as [[Socialism|Socialist]]s, [[Anarchism|Anarchist]]s, [[Liberalism|Liberal]]s and other revolutionaries such as [[Nihilism|Nihilist]]s in Russian society. <font size=1>[[Russian Revolution of 1905|['''more...''']]]</font> | ||
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