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Richard Arkwright
an inventor who patented a large spinning machine, called the water frame, that ran on water power and created dozens of cotton threads at once
Francis Cabot Lowell
New England entrepreneur whose ideas completely changed the textile industry in the Northeast; created the Lowell System
Sarah G. Bagley
a mill worker who founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
Robert Fulton
an American inventor who tested the first full-sized commercial steamboat in the United States
Peter Cooper
an American who built the Tom Thumb, a small, steam-powered railroad locomotive with great power and speed
Samuel F. B. Morse
the inventor of the telegraph
John Deere
a blacksmith who created the steel plow design
Cyrus McCormick
the developer of a new harvesting machine called a mechanical reaper
Issac Singer
an inventor who made improvements in the design of the sewing machine
Nat Turner
Virginia slave who planned to gain freedom by killing slaveholders and their families
Samuel Slater
a skilled British mechanic who could build better textile machines, created the Rhode Island System
Eli Whitney
an inventor with an idea for mass-producing guns and invented a device that made growing cotton very profitable and led to an increase in the demand for slaves; created interchangeable parts
