The Industrial Revolution

Samual Morse

Invented the telegraph and morse code

Eli Whitney

Invented the cotton gin

Eli Whitney!

Invented interchangeable parts

Samuel Slater

Invented the hydro powered cotton mill

Robert Fulton

Invented the steamboat

(John Deere)

(Invented the steel plow)

Industrial Revolution

A period of technological advancement where machines take over laborious work. Implements the factory system in the U.S.

Cotton Gin

A machine that pulls the seeds out of cotton with a turning spikey cylinder.

Steam Engine

An engine powered by the steam coming from boiling water. Makes transportation much easier with steam boats and, later, trains.

Interchangeable Parts

Parts of machines are built to look the same, and copies of those parts are made and sold so that machines can be easily fixed.

Telegraph

A machine that send bursts of electricity in morse code to a reciever. The oldest telephone.

Factory System

A system where machines do all the work and people watch them to make sure they don’t malfunction. Machines and people work together.