5.1 - Industrial + Transportation Revolutions

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Industrial Revolution

a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production

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cotton gin

cleaned cotton more efficiently, made growing cotton more profitable

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interchangeable parts

made each vital part of a machine or product exactly the same

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Cumberland Road

National Road extending from Maryland to outside St. Louis, Missouri

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Erie Canal

man-made water route connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, used the lock system to move boats up and down elevation changes

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Eli Whitney

developed cotton gin and interchangeable parts

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Robert Fulton

developed steamboat

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Samuel F.B. Morse

developed telegraph and Morse Code

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Samuel Slater

textile mills, powered by water => “Father of American Factory System”

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textile

cloth-based product (i.e. shirt)