Next you will write a paragraph about the effects of new technologies on industrialization in the Gilded Age. Check the ones you think are important. The Bessemer process increased the use of steel in many industries. Increased railroad mileage allowed goods to be shipped cheaply and more quickly. Electricity meant that larger and more complicated manufacturing machines could be developed. Unskilled workers could run machines and make products for a low wage. The telegraph and later the telephone helped businesspeople communicate more quickly and easily.