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Cottin Gin by Eli Whitney
Need for cotton by factories in the North
A worker could produce fifty time more cotton fiber
Increase of slave labor
“Cotton Kingdom:” owners of large plantations -
Steamboat by Robert Fulton
Built the first successful steamboat in 1807
This changed travel throughout the world -
Metal Plow by John Deere
Invented the metal plow
Year: 1837
Blacksmith
Tough plains soil could not be plowed by cast iron plows (sticking)
Assisted farmers greatly -
Telegraph by Samuel Morse
Invented the telegraph
Year: 1844
Revolutionized
communication
Morse Code
Factories in the East could
now communicate with
markets in the West -
Sewing Machine by Elias Howe
Invented the sewing machine
Year: 1846
Made producing clothing efficient
Made cloths less expensive so even the lower and middle classes could dress like the wealthier Americans
Ties back to cotton -
Light Bulb by Thomas Edison
Most famous for the invention of the light bulb in 1879
Also invented the phonograph and the film projector -
Radio by Guglielmo Marconi
Invented the radio in 1895 by sending and receiving signals up to two miles without wires -
Airplane by Wright Brothers
Invented the first successful airplane
First flight was in Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903
It changed future travel for the world. Now people travel across oceans every day in jets and planes. -
Automobile by Henry Ford
Began mass production of his Model T automobile in 1908
Mass production is a process of making many off one product.
This enabled many people to afford an automobile.
Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry
