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Steam Engine
Inventor:Robert Thomas Savery
What is it:The Steam Engine is a engine powered by steam from boiling water.
Impact:It increased western settlement because transportation was improved. -
Spinning Jenny
Inventor:James Hargreaves
What is it: a machine used to weave and sow clothing
Impact:Increased clothing industry and a need for cotton -
Factory System
Inventor:Samuel Slator
What is it:manufacturing occurred in one location
Impact:machines and workers under one roof,more job oppurtunities -
Cotton Gin
Inventor: Eli Whitney
What is it:: Machine used to pull seeds out of cotton
Impact: Increased production of cotton industry -
Interchangeable Parts
Inventor: Eli Whitney
what is it:: Replacement pieces of exact specifications. Parts that are exactly alike
impact:Production became faster -
National Roads
Inventor: Albert Gallatin
What is it: roads that make it easier for you to travel
impact:allowed people to move around the country easier -
Steam boat
Inventor: Robert Fulton
what is it:Boats powered by steam engines
impact:transportation became easier and faster -
Erie Canal
Inventor:John Calhoun
What is it:water way that connects states
impact:Opened up Ohio for transportation of farm products & development; Westward expansion made easier. -
Lowell Mills
Inventor: Francis Cabot Lowell
What is it: A place where women worked
Impact: Increased job opportunities for young, unmarried women -
Steel plow
Inventor: John Deere
what is it:a light plow with a steel blade
impact:plowing farms became faster -
Telegraph
Inventor: Samuel Morse
What is it:machine used to communicate by using codes
impact:improved communication -
Transcontinental Road
Inventor: Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad
What is it:road that connected atlantic and pacific coast
impact:improved transportation
