How did the development of railroads and steamships help the United States grow

How did the development of railroads and steamships help the United States grow?	Transporting people and goods faster and safer
Transportation and new inventions helped farmers in the 1800s by:	Increase how much they produced and moving their products to market
Who invented the cotton gin?	Eli Whitney
How did the cotton gin change the way the South grew cotton?	Farmers could grow more cotton Increase in slave labor
Who invented the reaper?	Cyrus McCormick
Who invented the steamboat?	Robert Fulton
Why was the invention of the steamboat important?	This was a faster way to travel and move goods down rivers
The steam locomotive was a very important invention for the development of the:	Railroad
What happened in the South after the cotton gin was invented?	Cotton growers grew more cotton and got richer
The cotton gin increased the amount of cotton southern farmers grew. What else increased due to this invention?	Slavery increased
What invention was important in the development of our railroads?	Steam locomotive
How did the reaper affect American lives?	It increased the farmer’s productivity.
What did Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson do?	Invented the reaper
Who was Jo Anderson?	He was a slave who helped develop the reaper.
Who was Samuel Slater?	He built the first cotton spinning mill or factory 1790 in Rhode Island
What does Industrial Revolution mean?	It was a change in the way goods were produced from homemade to made by machines.
Who was Francis Lowell?	1812 build a factory in Lowell, Massachusetts that did all stages of cloth making.

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How did the work force change in the 1830s and 1840s when factories opened?	Mill girls came from farms to work in factory towns.,
How did inventions and factories change the way Americans lived in the 1830-1840?	People were moving from farms to cities We could make more goods faster Make goods cheaper Grow more food Grow more cotton
Who was Peter Cooper?	He built a steam-powered locomotive to be used on railways.
How did railroads help the U.S.?	People could travel faster Move goods faster
Name the person who helped bring the Industrial Revolution from England to the U.S.	Samuel Slater
Why were most American factories built by rivers?	The machines ran on water power from the river. Move the goods from the factory on the river Ships carry goods to parts of the country