In the Gilded Age new technology was developing rapidly. The Bessemer process was on of those things that drove technology forward, almost literally, it was a method of steel making that allowed for railroads to be expanded westward. Since the railroads were expanding this enticed the white settlers to also move westward which then caused them to push Native American Indians off their land. This also meant that cattle ranching and mining increased in the West which cause significant environmental effects. The expansion of the railroads also allowed for factories to mass produce (system of manufacturing in which machines rapidly produced large amounts of a product) and send product across America faster and cheaper.From 1880 to 1990 the