Question

Look at the table.

A 3 column table with 5 rows titled World Steel Production in 1900. Column 1 is labeled Country with entries United notes, Germany and Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Other countries, World Total. Column 2 is labeled Production in metric tons with entries, 10,351,485, 6,645,962, 5,131,036, 6,598,211, 28,726,694. Column 3 is labeled percent of world production with entries 36, 23.1, 17.9, 23, 100.

According to the table, what was the state of the steel industry in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century?
The steel industry became the sole industry in the United States.
The United States became the world leader in steel production.
The United States became the number one importer of steel.
The steel industry saw little growth at the turn of the twentieth century.

Answer 1

The United States became the world leader in steel production. It produced 10,351,485 metric tons (36% of the world total), more than any other country.