Big Businesses in the 1800s

Businesses were a big part in the production of many things in the 1800s. The steel industry was growing to a great extent when the railroad building kept on growing. Andrew Carnegie made the production of steel more efficient when he created the Bessmer Process. He built the Carnegie Steel Company into the largest and most successful steel company ing the world. His new way of making steel more efficient helped with other companies building railroads, skyscapers, and bridges. He was very successful with his business in the 1800s.

Immigration

Immigration grew to a high number in the 1800s. After immigrants started to come to America the U.S. population grew to 31.5 million people. Between 1865 to 1920 close to 30 million people immigranted to the United States. These people had dreams of becoming rich, free land through the Homestead Act, they had religious discrimination back at home, and for personal freedoms. The European immigrants had mostly entered through Ellis Island, they then moved to areas with others from thier home counrty, these places were like the ghetto, and they faced discrimination from the whites. The Asian immigrants moved to the west coast, they entered through Angel Island, many of them were brought to work on the railroads, they also faced discrimination, and they had the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. The Asian were great forr working on the railroads.

Inventions

There were many inventors in the 1800s. One of the inventors of that time was Andrew Carnegie, he invented the Bessmer Process which made steel stronger and cheaper to make. And after making this it helped with the production of bridges, skyscapers, and railroads. The way he did business was through the vertical integration which is owning all the parts of the rocess. Another inventor of that time was John Rockefeller, he worked with the oil industry. His way of business was horizontal integration which was owning all of the industry or as much as you could. Thomas Edison invented electricity and the light bulb. Westinghouse invented alternating current, transformer, and he also improved electricity. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone which helped businesses grow.