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Textile Mills
Samuel Slater; This made it possible to turn cotton from the south into manufactured cloth. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney; Allowed cotton to be processed 50 times faster. -
Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney; Prevented people from having to replace whole products and allowed them to replace only parts of the product. -
Steamboat
Robert Fulton;Allowed more products to be shipped over water. -
National Road
Henry McKinley; It helped to increase trade and was the first roadway built by the federal government. -
Erie Canal
Governor Clinton; Connected the great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean to help increase trade. -
Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus McCormick; allowed farmers to harvest more land to increase revenue. -
Steel Plow
John Deere; Allowed people to plow larger parts of the firmer dirt in the west. -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe; Turned cotton into clothing
