WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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it allowed big businesses to operate in a way that made them more money by paying workers less
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it opened markets to farmers across the country and legalized trade between Americans and Indians
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it made steel production more efficient, which helped build railroads and skyscrapers
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it gave political machines permission to operate in a way that they could control immigrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bessemer process, the first method discovered for mass-producing steel. Though named after Sir Henry Bessemer of England, the process evolved from the contributions of many investigators before it could be used on a broad commercial basis.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Bessemer process made possible the manufacture of large amounts of high-quality steel for the first time. This, in turn, provided steel at relatively low cost to various industries. By revolutionizing the steel industry, the Bessemer process helped to spur on the Industrial Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Essentially, the Bessemer Process allowed for the production of cheaper and high quality steel. This quality steel replaced iron as the preferred metal for railroad rails. So, cheaper and longer lasting steel for rails was how the Bessemer Process helped westward expansion in US history.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1855, Bessemer patented an inexpensive way to process steel, so it could be produced and used on a massive, industrial scale. The Bessemer steel process, in turn, allowed for the mechanization of industry.