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Industrial Revolution

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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

  • By: Tanner Rummel
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STEAMBOAT

  • Invented by Robert Fulton in 1807.
  • Increased factory production and led to the growth of cities like New Orleans and St. Louis
  • because it could move goods and people faster up and down rivers.
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COTTON GIN

  • Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793.
  • Made the cotton cleaning process more efficient. It enabled cotton farmers to move farther west to grow cotton, grow
  • more cotton, drive Native Americans off their land, and create a larger work force. This invention caused a drastic rise in
  • the number of slaves in the south.
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INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS

  • Invented in 1798 by Eli Whitney.
  • Parts for devices were made to be identical so that they could fit into any device of the same type.
  • This allows easy assembly of new devices and efficient repair existing devices.
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BESSEMER STEEL PROCESS

  • Invented by Henry Bessemer in 1855.
  • The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel. It expressed the cost which allowed
  • increase in steel production and work force.
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MECHANICAL REAPER

  • Invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831.
  • Increased farm productivity.
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TELEGRAPH

  • Invented by Pavel Schilling in 1835.
  • Transmitted electric signals over wires from location to a location hat translated it into a message.
  • Many of these telegraph lines followed railroads.
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SEWING MACHINE

  • Invented by John Adams Dodge and John Knowles in 1818.
  • A textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread.
  • This machine was invented to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing
  • companies.
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STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

  • Invented by Richard Trevithick in 1804.
  • A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
  • These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler,
  • The Steam Locomotive was invented to haul materials such as coal and passenger cars. It was also invented so
  • that farmers could harvest faster.
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STEEL TIPPED PLOW

  • Invented by John Deere in 1837.
  • The wrought-iron framed plow had a polished steel share. This made it ideal for the tough soil of the Midwest and
  • worked better than other plows.

Tanner Rummel