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Sped up the production of products. Made items cheaper and they had more.
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1793 & 1798-Eli Whitney- Processes cotton. Mkaes a greater avaliability of cloths, made cloth cheaper, and increased slaves needed.
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Eli Whitney- alllowed to make parts exactly the same every time. easier on money so you can buy a single part instead of buying a new object.
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Robert Futton-The steamboat takes passengers and cargo easily across rivers. It made it easier and quicker to cross rivers.
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John C. Calhoun- river dug to connect the port of New York City and the Great Lakes. Opened up Ohio for transportation of farm products & development plus Westward expansion was made easier.
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Samuel F. B. Morse- machine used to communicate by tapping out codes that could be translated. Sped up communication from different places that are far away.
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John Deere- The steel plow allowed farmers to turn heavy, gummy prarie sod easily. It made farming much less physical demanding.
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Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad- railroad that connected the pacific and atlantic oceans. Improved the transportation of goods and people would be moving from place to place much quicker.