1. Andrew Carnegie
Prior to the Civil War manufacturers had focused on producing textiles, clothing, and leather goods, or processing agricultural and natural resources like grain, hogs, or lumber. ... Andrew Carnegie introduced the Bessemer process, which made the production of steel cheaper, made the steel stronger, created new goods, new demands and made advancements in technology. In the mid-1870 the price of steel cost $100 dollars a ton but Carnegie's Bessemer process dropped the prices to $12 a ton. After the Civil War railroad companies expanded rapidly and because of the Bessemer process the stee...
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