Population growth. China's one-child policy is universally acknowledged as having effectively kept the country's population in check. Nonetheless, China is home to about 1.3 billion people â over one-seventh of the planet's people live in the nation.
Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie, the son of a handloom weaver, was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on 25th November, 1835.The family had a long radical tradition and his father, William Carnegie, was an active Chartist. His material grandfather, Thomas Morrison, had worked with William Cobbett during his campaign for social reform.ndrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie, the son of a handloom weaver, was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on 25th November, 1835. The family had a long radical tradition and his father, William Carnegie, was an active Chartist.
In February, 1853 Carnegie was recruited by Thomas Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad who had been the recipient of many telegraph messages from Carnegie for the sum of $35 per month. Two years after joining the railroad, his father passed away. Andrew had strong beliefs in art, religion, and politics.