| A | B |
|---|
| interchangeable parts | made industrialization possible / the use of separate parts that could be assembled together to create a product / speeds up production |
| Robert Fulton | His most famous invention was the steam-powered boat |
| the spinning jenny | a contraption that could spin eight threads at a time instead of one, greatly decreasing the time it took to make fabric |
| Samuel Slater | opened a small spinning factory (better known as a "mill") in the 1790s |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin (a cotton "cleaner" machine), which significantly increased slavery in the South |
| Bessemer Steel Process | made stronger steel at a lower cost / removed impurities from iron in order to make steel |
| Cyrus McCormick | invented the mechanical reaper |
| Erie Canal | created an all-water route from New York City to the Great Lakes |
| the textile industry | large-scale production of woven fabric |
| Industrial Revolution | during the late 1700s and early 1800s, inventions changed the way people lived and worked |
| the steam-powered locomotive | significant because it provided transportation to places that had been very difficult to get to / increased trade |
| Samuel F.B. Morse | invented the telegraph, or "talking wire" |
| John Deere | invented a lightweight steel plow that could be easily pulled by a horse |
| Elias Howe | invented the sewing machine |
| clipper ships | sleek boats that had tall masts and huge sails and moved very quickly through the water |
