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Which factors directly contributed to the growth of the steel industry in the late 1800s?
One significant factor that contributed to the enormous industrial boom of the 1900s was government policies that supported business. Another factor was an increasing urban population.
Which invention increased steel production in the US?
Sir Henry Bessemer invented the first process of the mass-production of steel. Known as the "Bessemer Process", his idea changed the world during the Industrial Revolution era. With his invention, skyscapers were popping up here and there in cities like New York. He contributed to making the United States the richest nation at the time.
Following the development of the Bessemer process the cities of Gary Indiana Cleveland Ohio and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania became centers for?
Steel manufacturing.
What allowed cities to expand outward?
Well, railroads helped and also steel! Later cars helped too!
Which robber baron is best known for consolidating Carnegie Steel and the National Steel Company into U.S. Steel in 1901?
J.P Morgan
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