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Steam Engine
Inventor: Thomas Savery
Descrption:Engines powered by steam from boiling water.
Effects: Steam engines increased western settlement due to improved transportation, and increased factory development in new areas. -
Spinning Jenny
Inventor: James Hargreaves
Description: Machines used to weave cloth and sew clothing.
Effects: Increased clothing industry production and need for cotton. -
Factory Systems
Inventor: Samlue Slator
Descrption: All steps of manufacturing occur in one location; build in water; mostly exsisted in New England region.
Effects: Brought machines and workers under one roof, increased growth of cities and job opportunities and improved clothing industry. -
Cotton Gin
Inventor: Eli Whitney
Description: Used to easily remove cotton from its seeds.
Effects: Cotton processing was made easier, causing the Southern cotton industry to radically explode, and increasing the availability and cheapness of cloth. Slavery become more popular, and cotton so important it affected politics until the Civil War. -
Interchangable Parts
Inventor: Elie Whitney
Description: Replacement parts of exact specifications, exactly alike.
Effects:Increased speed of production, repairs made easier and chaper, decresed need for skilled labor. -
National Roads
Inventor/Supporter: Albert Gallatin
Description: Road built from Maryland to Virginia.
Effects: Allowed people to move about the country easier, aided settlement of new areas. -
Steamboats
Inventor: Robert Fulton
Description: Boats powered by steam rather than water wheels.
Effects: Trasportation made faster and easier, cities such as St. Louisa developed, westward expansion supported. -
Erie Canals
Inventor/Supporter: Calhourn
Description: Links the waters of Lake Erie (west) to Hudson River (east).
Effects: America's first major transportation system; reduced shipping costs significantly, urban to rural rate shifted dramatically, opened Ohio for transportation of farm products and development, westward expansion made easier. -
Textile Mills/Lowell Mills
Inventor: Francis Cabot Lowell
Description: Girls came to work 12 hour shifts and live in boarding homes.
Effects: Increased job opportunities for young and unmarried woman, gave them a chance for education, and put some workers in danger. -
Steel Plow
Inventor: John Deere
Description: Light weight plow with a sturdy steel blade designed for heavier soils.
Effects: Farm plowing became much easier and faster, increased farming production and expanded farms into midwest United States. -
Telegraph
Inventor: Samuel Morse
Description: A machine used to communicate by tapping out translatable codes.
Effects: Improved communication and connected regions of the U.S. together. -
Sewing Machine
Inventor: Elias Howe
Description: Machine used to weave cloth and sew clothing.
Effects: Increased the production of the clothing industry and the need for cotton. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Inventor: Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad
Description: Railroad that connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Effects: Improved transportation, connecting goods and people as they moved west.
