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Industrial Revolution

  • Water Frame

    Water Frame

    Inventor- Samuel Slater
    Started mill industry.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    Inventor- Eli Whitney
    1. Revolutionized cotton industry
    2.Led cotton to boom
    3.Increased demand for slavery in South
  • Interchangeable Parts

    Interchangeable Parts

    Inventor-Eli Whitney
    1.Made machines easier to assemble and repair.
    2.Made industry more profitable.
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat

    Inventor-Robert Fulton
    1.Allowed goods to be moved more easily
    2.Increased trade and profits
  • Locomotive

    Locomotive

    Inventor- Peter Cooper
    1.Increased speed of tranportation and travel.
    2.Led to a economic boom.
    3.Increaded westward expansion.
  • Harvesting Machine Reaper

    Harvesting Machine Reaper

    Inventor- Cyrus mcCormick
    1.Increaed wheat prodeuction because it could be cut quickly.
    2.Beginnings of advertising market
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    Inventor-Samuel F.B. Morse
    1.Made communication easier.
  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow

    Inventor-John Deere
    1.Made farming easier
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine

    Inventor-Isaac Singer
    1.Made clothing production more efficient.