Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
What did the Bessemer process make possible?
- AMapping the coast of Australia
- BPowering horse-driven spinning mills
- CCarding fibres for spinning
- DThe mass production of steelRight answer
Answer: The mass production of steel
Producing steel in large amounts helped the growth of shipbuilding and the railways. Manufacturing then became the main source of jobs in Britain.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "A global power". Practice question 165 of 651, written in our own words.