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Water Frame
Inventor-Samuel Slater
Started the mill industry. -
Cotton Gin
Inventor-Eli Whitney
Revolutionized cotton industry (made it more efficient), led to a cotton boom, and increased demand for slavery in the south. -
Interchangeable Parts
Inventor-Eli Whitney
Made machines easier to assemble and repair and made industry more profitable. -
Steamboat
Invented-Robert Fulton
Allowed goods to be moved more easily and increased trade and profits. -
Locomotive (In America)
Inventor-Peter Cooper
Increased speed of transportation and travel (goods and people), led to an economic boom, and increased westward expansion. -
Harvesting Machine Reaper
Inventor-Cyrus McCormick
Increased wheat production because it could be cut quickly and efficient and beginnings of advertising market. -
Telegraph
Inventor-Samuel F. B. Morse
Made communicaation easier, -
Steel Plow
Inventor-John Deere
Made farming easier. -
Sewing Machine
Inventor-Isaac Singer
Made clothing production more efficient.
