what states became prosperous from steel production, and why?

Answer 1

The states that produced the most steel and iron in the 1800s were Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Alabama, Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Oregon. These states were able to become profitable because steel was used to build railroads for travel and more jobs in the new world. Taller buildings, cars, and silverware were made from steel in the Industrial Revolution.

In the early 1870s, Andrew Carnegie co-owned a steel-making company near Pittsburgh, PA that made steel. A few decades later Carnegie became a steel empire that was big scale. Thanks to Carnegie the transcontinental railroad was made that took settlers from east coast to west coast in the new world.