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13 Cards in this Set
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Cyrus McCormick
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Created the mechanical reaper which cut down wheat quickly and efficiently
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Isaac Singer
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Created the Singer Sewing Machine which was easy to use and popular
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Elias Howe
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Was the first inventor of the sewing machine which was improved later on by Isaac Singer
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Working in the Factories
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There were 10-14 hours of work. It was $2-4 a week. It was dusty which caused health problems. Lives were fully controlled. It was dangerous. It was crowded. Bells told the time.
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Transportation Revolution
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A period of rapid growth in speed and convenience.
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Peter Cooper
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Built the Tom Thumb which was small, powerful, and speedy.
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Steamboats
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Well suited for river travel, moved quickly against the current, did not rely on wind power, faster, easier shipping from eastern markets, cheaper, dangerous because of high pressure exploding, popular
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Steam Engines
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used to power trains and steamboats
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clipper ships
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Made transportation across the Atlantic Ocean faster
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Conestoga Wagons
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heavy, wide, and large wagons. was the primary form of transportation before the railroad
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Roads and Canals
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were internal improvements primarily introduced by Henry Clay. payed roads were also called turnpikes.(almost like tolls)
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Robert Fulton
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Fulton's testing boat was called the Clermont which traveled up the Hudson River without any trouble.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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The New York law was found invalid due to the Supremacy clause. The interstate commerce clause designated power to Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
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