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Textile Mills
Samuel Slater; He memorized the way that the British made machines and he brought the idea to America. He made our first cotton spinning machine. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney; Allowed cotton to be processed 50 times faster, developed the cotton gin. -
Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney; contributed to the concept of interchangeable parts that were exactly alike and easily assembled or exchanged -
Steamboat
Robert Fulton; invented the first commercially successful steamboat in the United States. -
National Road
Henry McKinley; connected the east and west of the country. -
Erie Canal
Governor Clinton; Connected the great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean to help increase trade. -
Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus McCormick; Increased the harvest by 4X. -
Steel Plow
John Deere; allowed farming in the mid-west to become easier as it broke up the tough ground for crops and made plowing faster. -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe; made sewing machine that could make 250 stitches a minute.
