Andrew Carnegie: Pittsburgh - City of Steel
Author Ken Kobus talked about how Andrew Carnegie’s innovations helped transform Pittsburgh into the steel capital of the world during the turn of the twentieth century.
Description
Author Ken Kobus talked about how Andrew Carnegie’s innovations helped transform Pittsburgh into the steel capital of the world during the turn of the twentieth century.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How did the steel industry develop in the Pittsburgh area?
- Explain the impact steel had on the railroad industry.
- How did Andrew Carnegie revolutionize the steel process at Homestead Steel Works?
- Explain Carnegie's approach to managing his steel business.
- Why was Carnegie bought out of his steel business?
- Explain the decline in the steel industry after WWII.
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Vocabulary
- Captain Of Industry
- Homestead Strike Of 1892
- Malleable
- Pig Iron
- Robber Baron
- Smelt Process
- Synergy
- Wrought Iron