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9 Cards in this Set
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A device that sent electrical signals along a wire
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telegraph
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a steamboat powered engine to pull rail cars
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locomotive
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sleek vessels with tall masts and huge sails
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clipper ship
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Created the sewing machine.
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Elias Howe
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Began the manufacture of an iron plow with replacable parts.
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Jethro Wood
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Improved the iron plow to the light wieght steel plow.
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John Deere
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Opened a factory in Chicago that produced mechanic repairs.
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Cryus McCormick
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Patent the telegraph (Morse Code)
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Samuel F.B Morse
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Launched the first clipper ship (Rainbow)
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John Griffiths
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