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Steam Engines
Thomas Savery
An engine able to creat engery from steam which was then used to run locomotives and steamships. It was a convenient source of energy which help make transportation of goods easier. -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves
The first machine to sew clothing and fabric without doing it by hand. It was used to make sewing faster and improved the time it took to sew clothing. -
Factory Systems
Samuel Slator
All steps of manufacturing could be completed in one location. Most were built in the New England area, near the water. this brought machines and workers wunder one roof and increased the growth of cities. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Designed to remove cotton seeds from raw cotton. Boosted the cotton industry and increased the number of slaves. The cotton business greatly improved. -
Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney
Parts of a gun that was usually hand made, could be made in mass quantities. This was the start of mass production and was more efficient than hand making parts. -
National Roads
Albert Gallatin
Road built that extends from Maryland to Virginia. It allowed people to move about the country easily and aided with settlements of new areas. -
Steamboats
Robert Fulton
Used to travel on the rivers and transport goods. it was quicker to transport materials and made national and international trade easier. -
Erie Canals
John C. Calhoun
A Waterway thast linked NY city with Buffalo. It opened up transportantion of farm products and development. Westward expansion was easier. -
Textile Mills
Francis Cabot Lowell
A factory built to produce spindles of yarn. Girls worked 12 hour shifts and lived in boarding homes. It made it easier and faster to make spindles of yarn. It increased the job opportunities for young women. It also changed education but put some workers in danger. -
Steel Plow
John Deere
It allowed farmers to turn sod easily. It made it less physically demanding to turn sod and made it possible to farm on hard soil. -
Telegraph
Sameuel F. B. Morse
A machine that transmitts electrical signal through a series of wires which is then translated into a message. It was used as a means of communtication tthroughout the country and connected the US. Communtication took less time. -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe
An updated Spinning Jenny. It made sewing even faster and easier. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad
A railroad that connected the Altantic and Pacific coasts. It improved transportation of goods and people as they moved to the west.
