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Samuel Slater
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"Father of the factory sys" 1793 created the Spinning Jenny
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Lowell Sys
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mass produce textiles. New England farm girls as laborers. everything done inside the factory
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Eli Whitney
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1793 invented the cotton gin. separate seed from cotton fiber. influenced mass production w/ interchangable parts for guns.
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cotton and guns
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Robert Fulton
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1807 1st vessel boat powered by a steam engine
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steamy
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Erie Canal1 825
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connected the great lakes with the Hudson river. led by Gov. DeWitt Clinton. beginning of the "canal building craze"
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Cyrus McCormick
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1831 invented the reaper. cutting grain done in the fraction of the time
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cut grain faster
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Samuel F.B. Morse
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1844 1st person to send a message by telegraph.
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Elias Howe
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w. Issac Singer. invented the sewing machinein 1846. labor saving device for women
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women happy w/ his device
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Cyrus Fields
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wealthy paper manufaturer who stretched a cable b/t new Foundland and Ireland. 1st transatlantic cable
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nothing to do w/ a field
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Clipper Ship
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designed by Donald McKay. outrun any steamer w/ a bunch of sails ans masts
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Pony Express 1860-1861
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mail service established to carry mail from MI to CA in 10 days. Morse's telegraph outdid express...ponies died
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Commonwealth v. Hunt 1842
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Court decesion reconizing the legality og labor Unions. made it possible for labor unions to engage in legal economic and political activities.
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labor unions
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