7 Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Bessemer Process?
A
Made the production of steel easier and cheaper
Allowed for mass production of steel
Improved the railroads
Creation of public works projects
Ex:The BrooklynBridge
2
Q
How did the Political Parties draw support?
A
From regions
3
Q
What did the Political Parties control?
A
Much of the government
Providing services and jobs in exchange for votes from people
4
Q
Who made up the Democratic Party?
A
White southerners
Catholic
Immigrants and poor
5
Q
Who made up the Republic Party?
A
Northern blacks and whites, Protestant
Middle class
Favored restrictions on immigrants
Favored Temperance-anti-alchohal
6
Q
The monopolies paid who?
A
Political Parties to bribe workers
7
Q
Who invented the Bessemer Process?
A
Henry Bessemer and William Kelly
