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Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny. it was used to weave clothes together to make clothing. How it impacted the United States it increased clothing production and need for cotton. -
Steam Engines
James Watt invented the Steam Engines. They were used for engine powered by steam from boiling water, used in boats and trains for transportation. How it impacted the United States is used in mills to power looms (mills could be built anywhere now). Increased western settlement due to improved transportation; as well as increased factory development in new areas. -
Factory Systems
Samuel Slator was the inventor of the Factory Systems. It was used for a new way of organizing labor made necessary by the development of machines which were too large to house in a worker's cottage. The impact it had was led to English reform movement and encouraged development of social ideology. This increased growth of cities; job oppurtunities and clothing industry increased. -
Cotton Gin
Inventors: Eli Whitney Use: A device used for separating cotton fiber from seed Impact: The cotton gin made the cotton industry of the South explode. Processing cotton in greater availability and cheaper cloth. -
Interchangeable Parts
Inventor: Eli Whitney Use: Parts which are designed to fit any device of the same type. Impact:Production became faster; Repairs became easier and cheaper; decreased need for skilled labor, -
Steamboats
Inventor: Robert Fulton What it was used for: Boats powered by steam engines rather than water wheels Impact:Aided in Westward Expansion and made industries grow -
National Roads
Proposed by Albert Gallatin Use: Road built from Maryland to Virginia. -Easier route through the Appalachian Mountains Impact: Allowed people to move about the country easier and aided with settlement of new areas. -
Erie Canals
Inventors: John C. Calhoun Use: waterway that linked NY City with Buffalo Impact: Opened up Ohio for transportaion of farm products and development ; Westward expansion made easier. -
Lowell Mills
Inventor: Francis Cabot Lowell Use: A manufacturing facility that is involved in processing textiles and turning them into products, such as clothing. Impact: Boston Associates now controlled a fith of America's cotton production, in effect of these mills that helped speed-up production. It also increased job oppurtunities for young unmarried women; gave chance for education, but at the same time put some workers in danger. -
Telegraph
Inventor: Samuel F.B. Morse Use: Translated electrical signals over wires from location to location that translated into a message. Impact: Revolutionized communications making it possible to transmit messages across long distances with almost no delay. -Facilitated Westward expansion and teh development of industry helped forge a sense of unity. -
Steel Plow
Inventor: John Deere Use: It was used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it. Impactt: The plow was crucial to the development of agriculture as a major buisness in the world, It increased efficiency and productivity and cultivation and jobs. -
Sewing Machine
Inventor: Elias Howe Use: Mechanism used for faster sewing that outstiched the output of five hand sewers. Impact: Increased clothing industry production; Increased a need for cotton.
