STEAMBOAT

• Invented in 1807 by Robert Fulton
• It transported goods and products
• In less time than sail ships

COTTON GIN

• Invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney
• It took seeds out of cotton faster making
• It a more profitable crop. That lead to overseers
• Buying more land and slavery expanding across
• The south

COTTON GIN

INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS

• Invented by Eli Whitney in 1798
• When the War of 1812 broke out, we had more
• Weapons than Great Britain. He system soon was used
• For sewing machines and eventually the first automobiles

BESSEMER STEEL PROCESS

• Invented by Henry Bessemer in 1855
• It gave many people jobs and created
• Faster transportation

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MECHANICAL REAPER

• Invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831
• It was easier for farmers to use the mechanical
• Reaper in the fields than to do manual labor

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TELEGRAPH

• Invented by Claude Chappe in 1794
• Helped transit messages faster than a horse.
• It also helped the railroad industry because
• More people started traveling to other places

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SEWING MACHINE

• Invented by Elias Howe in 1845
• Women could make their own clothing more
• Efficiently and could make them faster. Tailors
• Became useless and started losing jobs

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STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

• Invented by George Stephenson in 1814
• Helped transport goods faster. Since they could
• Travel farther and faster it brought down the cost of
• Freight transport and increased profits for many businesses

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STEEL TIPPED PLOW

• Invented by John Deere in 1837
• Farming took days or sometimes weeks to plant
• Their fields and more days and weeks to harvest them.
• The steel tipped plow cut that time in half and that meant
• Farmers could grow more for their families and sell them for more profit

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