Answer : Option A) The Bessemer process increased the use of steel in many industries.
Option C) Electricity meant that larger and more sophisticated manufacturing machines could be developed.
Explanation : The impact of technologies to the gilded age which was from 1870 to 1900
where the first point applicable is;
i) The Bessemer process increased the use of steel in many industries. The Bessemer process which had been discovered in the 1850's actually brought the special cutting-edge solutions to the production of steel which had a fruitful impact on industries.
ii) Electricity meant that larger and more sophisticated manufacturing machines could be developed. The process of mass production using electricity evolved even more and helped development of new technologies.
It would probably be social security if thats one of the multiple choice answers. goodluck!
It was a bad decision on his part. Some may say his decision was good at the beginning but ultimately he made the choice to stay at war which led to a bad turn of events. Millions of dollars were spent on this and it wasn't even really successful, so I believe that was a poor decision.