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(wikipedia.org) __**Occupation**__
 * Andrew Carnegie**
 * 13 years old: bobbin boy for cotton factory
 * messenger for Western Union
 * telegraph operator
 * went through many jobs to get to the position of superintendent of western division of PA railroad
 * started to invest in businesses
 * created Keystone Bridge company in 1865
 * created steel company in 1873 (grew to be his major business)
 * in 1901, Carnegie Steel Company worth more than $400 million
 * philanthropy started in 1870
 * gave around $350 million by 1919
 * donated tons of public libraries
 * Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Institute of Technology


 * __Position on Issue__**
 * Andrew Carnegie was highly opposed to annexation
 * he felt that it made the United States go against its values through imperialism.
 * he was an important member of the American Anti-Imperialist League
 * founded in 1898 to specifically target the annexation of the Phillippines
 * this organization described taking control of the Filipinos as "criminal aggression"
 * it strictly believed that the annexation of the Philippines contradicted America's principles, including self- government and everything written in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence
 * Carnegie, along with many others in the league, was so against the annexation of the Phillippines that he didn't want the Treaty Of Paris to be ratified
 * America was going to pay Spain $20 million to buy the Phillippines
 * In 1898, Carnegie decided to give his own $20 million to the Philippines for them to gain independence but it never carried through

__**Reasons**__
 * 1) Carnegie was a hugely successful industrialist and businessman. Since he was so influential, it was natural for him to be involved in the controversy over the annexation of the Philipines.
 * 2) He was a member of the American Anti-Imperialist League because he had strong views on imperialism. He thought that America was making terrible mistakes by annexing the Philippines and even offered money to the country so it could buy its independence from Spain.
 * 3) Carnegie was very dedicated to being a philanthropist and founded the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. As a believer in world peace, Carnegie obviously had negative views towards the annexation of the Philippines as it not only destroyed the peace of the Filipinos, but started another war.

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