cotton gin - 1793 inventor eli whitney impact: machine that quickly and efficiently removed the...
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Steamboat Inventor Robert Fulton Impact: First steamboat was the Clermont. First steamboat was the Clermont. Allowed improved transportation of goods. Allowed improved transportation of goods.TRANSCRIPT
Cotton Gin - Cotton Gin - 17931793
Inventor Eli WhitneyInventor Eli Whitney
Impact: Impact: Machine that quickly and Machine that quickly and
efficiently removed the efficiently removed the seeds from the cotton seeds from the cotton fiber.fiber.
Helped to expand slavery. Helped to expand slavery. Cleaning cotton was now Cleaning cotton was now inexpensive. Made cotton inexpensive. Made cotton a cash crop.a cash crop.
Interchangeable Parts – early Interchangeable Parts – early 18001800
Inventor Eli WhitneyInventor Eli Whitney
Impact:Impact: Identical machine parts could be put together to make a Identical machine parts could be put together to make a
whole machinewhole machine Helped in mass productionHelped in mass production
Steamboat - 1807Steamboat - 1807
Inventor Robert FultonInventor Robert Fulton
Impact:Impact: First steamboat was First steamboat was
the Clermont.the Clermont. Allowed improved Allowed improved
transportation of transportation of goods.goods.
Steam EngineSteam Engine
Steam EngineSteam Engine
SteamboatSteamboat
New Orleans
VicksburgVicksburg
Memphis
St. Louis
Erie Canal - 1825Erie Canal - 1825
Inventor DeWitt ClintonInventor DeWitt Clinton
Impact:Impact: Atlantic Ocean now connected to Atlantic Ocean now connected to
Midwest.Midwest. Lowered the cost of shipping goods.Lowered the cost of shipping goods.
Steam Locomotive - 1830Steam Locomotive - 1830
Inventor: Peter CooperInventor: Peter CooperImpact:Impact: Helped to transform trade in the Helped to transform trade in the
nation’s interior. nation’s interior. Important in the settlement and Important in the settlement and
industrialization of the West.industrialization of the West.
Steel Plow - 1834Steel Plow - 1834
Inventor: John DeereInventor: John Deere
Impact:Impact: Sturdier than the wood plow. Cut Sturdier than the wood plow. Cut
through hard packed soil of the through hard packed soil of the prairies.prairies.
Mechanical Reaper - 1837Mechanical Reaper - 1837Inventors: John Deere Inventors: John Deere
and Cyrus and Cyrus McCormickMcCormick
Impact: Impact: Could now gather Could now gather
wheat by machine wheat by machine and not by hand. and not by hand. Farmers could grow Farmers could grow more wheat.more wheat.
Mechanical ReaperMechanical Reaper
Telegraph - 1844Telegraph - 1844
Inventor: Samuel MorseInventor: Samuel Morse
Impact:Impact: Allowed for faster communication Allowed for faster communication
over long distances. Morse code over long distances. Morse code developed as a means of developed as a means of communication.communication.
TelegraphTelegraph
Bessemer Steel Process – late Bessemer Steel Process – late 1800’s1800’s
Inventor: Henry BessemerInventor: Henry Bessemer
Impact: Impact: Allowed steel to be made cheaply. Allowed steel to be made cheaply.
Steel production soared.Steel production soared.
Sewing Machine/Textiles – Sewing Machine/Textiles – Early 1800’sEarly 1800’s
Inventors: Elias Howe Inventors: Elias Howe and Samuel Slaterand Samuel Slater
Impact:Impact: Mass production of Mass production of
cotton textiles. cotton textiles. Production of Production of
clothing on a mass clothing on a mass scale.scale.