The Gilded Age
By: Hailey La Frenier
Henry Bessemer
- United Kingdom - 1813-1898
- Invented the steel-making process (Bessemer Process) in 1865
- Iron is found in many places such as the Mesabi Range
Sweatshops
- Companies/factories that hired immigrants
- 168 million kids were forced to work, ages 5-14
- Immigrants would get low pay and long work hours