In 1903, at their camp near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the brothers achieved a major breakthrough: the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight. At first, many people doubted the Wright brothers' claims of success, as other aviation pioneers around the globe struggled to make their own flights.
Yes. Parts of the Confederacy did.
They seceded, 11 of 13 to be exact. They said they were no longer part of "The United States" and they continued with their way of life which included the keeping of slaves and slave labor.
They didn't think it was wrong when they were part of it and sure as heck didn't think it wrong when they had seceded.
At least until Lincoln came out with his Emancipation Proclamation. And even then some slave owners- most plantations were destroyed by the Civil War- did not follow it. A few did though
This is true.
The Commodore, as he was nicknamed, got his start with ferries and then expanded into steel and other investments.
Carnegie accumulated a lot of money and gave a lot of it away but was also fairly criticized as being a robber baron.
