Carnegie Age of Steel 1. Steel made to US one of the most powerful nations in the world. How was it used? Railroads, bridges, ships, sky scrapers 2. Carnegie factories made more steel then what powerful nation? England 3. Who helped the puritans develop an iron industry? John Winthrop the younger 4. What temperature did it take to melt ore into iron? 3000 degrees 5. Explain indentured servants in the iron industry? Get passage to new world, food and housing for 7 years of hard labor. 6. What city was the capital of iron workers in the 1850s? Pittsburg 7. What business was Carnegie in before his role in the Steel industry? Railroad executive 8. What were Carnegie jobs outside of producing iron? Building railroad bridges 9. What process produced iron into Steel? Bessemer process. Blow air through iron under pressure. Pig iron into steel 10. Why is steel better then iron? Stronger, more durable 11. What was the most dangerous work in the 1800s? Steel work 12. How much steel could Carnegie produce in a month? 10,000 tons 13. Standard work week in the steel industry was how many hours? 84 14. What was a worker paid for an 84 hour work week? $10 15. Whose scientific ideas did the rich clam gave them rights to be rich because they are the strongest and smartest? Darwin’s survival of the fittest 16. What did the union call for in protest of wage cuts? A Strike 17. Who was Carnegie’s strike buster? Frick 18. What group did Frick use to break the strike? The Pinkerton’s 19. What was finally called in to crush the strike? Pennsylvania militia 20. Who was named president of Carnegie Steel after Frick? Schaub 21. Who was the only man who could stop Carnegie? JP Morgan 22. What did JP Morgan buy Carnegie Steel? 492 Million 23. What is the name of America’s first Billion Dollar Business? US Steel 24. Who new invention causes a boom for the Steel industry? Auto 25. What did War do to the steel industry? Caused it to work around the clock to produce plans, tanks, ship etc. 26. By the 1970’s the steel industry had become a _________________ business. 27. By the 1980’s US steel industry goes from producing 2/3 of the worlds steel to producing? 11% 28. US new steel process is called? Continuous casting
Carnegie Age of Steel
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2. Carnegie factories made more steel then what powerful nation? England
3. Who helped the puritans develop an iron industry? John Winthrop the younger
4. What temperature did it take to melt ore into iron? 3000 degrees
5. Explain indentured servants in the iron industry? Get passage to new world, food and housing for 7 years of hard labor.
6. What city was the capital of iron workers in the 1850s? Pittsburg
7. What business was Carnegie in before his role in the Steel industry? Railroad executive
8. What were Carnegie jobs outside of producing iron? Building railroad bridges
9. What process produced iron into Steel? Bessemer process. Blow air through iron under pressure. Pig iron into steel
10. Why is steel better then iron? Stronger, more durable
11. What was the most dangerous work in the 1800s? Steel work
12. How much steel could Carnegie produce in a month? 10,000 tons
13. Standard work week in the steel industry was how many hours? 84
14. What was a worker paid for an 84 hour work week? $10
15. Whose scientific ideas did the rich clam gave them rights to be rich because they are the strongest and smartest? Darwin’s survival of the fittest
16. What did the union call for in protest of wage cuts? A Strike
17. Who was Carnegie’s strike buster? Frick
18. What group did Frick use to break the strike? The Pinkerton’s
19. What was finally called in to crush the strike? Pennsylvania militia
20. Who was named president of Carnegie Steel after Frick? Schaub
21. Who was the only man who could stop Carnegie? JP Morgan
22. What did JP Morgan buy Carnegie Steel? 492 Million
23. What is the name of America’s first Billion Dollar Business? US Steel
24. Who new invention causes a boom for the Steel industry? Auto
25. What did War do to the steel industry? Caused it to work around the clock to produce plans, tanks, ship etc.
26. By the 1970’s the steel industry had become a _________________ business.
27. By the 1980’s US steel industry goes from producing 2/3 of the worlds steel to producing? 11%
28. US new steel process is called? Continuous casting