WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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It made it cheaper to travel back and forth across the U.S
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It made it easier to convert iron into steel; steel was needed for skyscrapers and railroad tracks.
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It made the assembly line a faster and better way of producing cars.
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It made it possible to purchase one part of a cow or pig instead of the entire thing.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bessemer process greatly reduced the cost of producing steel. Steel, which is lighter and stronger than iron, became an important material as America industrialized. It was used extensively in rails, bridges, and skyscrapers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Bessemer process revolutionized steel manufacture by decreasing its cost, from £40 per long ton to £6–7 per long ton, along with greatly increasing the scale and speed of production of this vital raw material. The process also decreased the labor requirements for steel-making.
Detailed explanation-3: -The engineer and inventor Henry Bessemer revolutionised steel production thanks to an air-based iron decarbonization system. He was able to cut costs and manufacture a stronger and lighter steel on a large scale. A breakthrough that fueled the expansion of the railroad and marked the birth of modern cities.
Detailed explanation-4: -From a small-scale output of pig-iron, major developments in steel production took place during the second half of the 19th century. The Bessemer process (1855) made it possible to produce steel as ingots.
Detailed explanation-5: -Henry Bessemer, in full Sir Henry Bessemer, (born January 19, 1813, Charlton, Hertfordshire, England-died March 15, 1898, London), inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively (1856), leading to the development of the Bessemer converter.