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Inventions

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  • Steam Engines

    Steam Engines
    Invented by: Thomas Savery
    Facts: Engines powered by steam from boiling watrer
    Impact: Increased western settlement due to improved transportation and increased farming production and expansion of farms into midwest U.S.

  • Spinning Jenny

    Spinning Jenny
    Inventor: Elias Howe
    Facts: Machine used to weave clothes and sew clothing. It later became the Sewing Machine in 1846 by James Hargreaves.
    Impact: Increased clothing industry production and a need for cotton.

  • Factory Systems

    Factory Systems
    Inventor: Samuel Slator
    Facts: All steps of manufacturing occured in one location. Built near water and mostly in New England.
    Impact: Brought machines and workers under one roof, increased growth of cities and job opportunities and clothing industry increased.

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Inventor: Eli Whitney
    Facts: Separated seeds from cotton.
    Impact: Increased production of cotton industry and contributed to the growth of the slave trade in the south.

  • interchangeable parts

    interchangeable parts
    Inventor: Eli Whitney
    Facts: These are replacement pieces of exact specifications. The parts are exactly alikie.
    Impact: Production became faster, repairs easier and cheaper, and decreased need for skilled labor.

  • National Roads

    National Roads
    Inventor:Albert Gallatin
    Facts: Road built from Maryland to Virginia
    Impact: Allowed people to move about the country easier and aided settlement of new areas.

  • Steamboats

    Steamboats
    Inventor: Robert Fulton
    Facts: Boats powered by steam engines rather than water wheels
    Impact: Transportation became easier and faster. Cities developed such as St. Louis. Westward expansion.

  • Erie Canals

    Erie Canals
    Inventor: John C. Calhoun
    Facts: Waterway that linked NewYork City with Buffalo.
    Impact: Opened up Ohio for transportation of farm products and development. Westward expansion was made easier.

  • Textile Mills/Lowell Mills

    Textile Mills/Lowell Mills
    Inventor: Franci Cabot Lowell
    Facts: Girls came to work 12 hour shifts and live in boarding homes.
    Impact: Increased job opportunities for young, unmarried women, gave chance for education and put some workers in danger.

  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow
    Inventor: John Deere
    Facts: A light weight plow with a sturdy steel blade designed for heavier soils.
    Impact: Made farming less physically demanding, easier to plow, increased farming production and expansion of farms into the midwest U.S.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Inventor: Samuel Morse
    Facts: Used for communication by tapping out codes that could be translated.
    Impact: Allowed people to communicate almost instantly between distant places in the country.

  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad
    Inventor: Centeral Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad
    Facts: Railroad that connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
    Impact: Improved transportation as goods and people would be connected as they moved west.