Items made from iron such as tools, weapons, machinery parts etc. This term is significant in AP US History when discussing industrialization and economic development in America.
Bessemer Process: An industrial process for making steel by blasting compressed air through molten iron to burn out excess carbon and impurities.
Industrial Revolution: A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Smelting: The process by which iron ore is heated to extract pure iron metal from it.
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