Why were most of the early factories located near rivers?
water powered the machines
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Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
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What did James Watt improve on that helped provide power for industry?
steam engine
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What invention improved communication by allowing coded messages to be sent and received?
Telegraph
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What invention drastically changed river transportation? Who invented it? What impact did it have?
Steamboat; Robert Fulton; made it easier to travel upstream
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What was a negative effect of the cotton gin?
the growth of slavery
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What invention made it easier to connect the eastern and western coasts of the U.S.?
steam locomotive
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What technology allowed people to communicate more efficiently over long distances?
Telegraph
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What technological process made the manufacturing of steel faster and cheaper?
the Bessemer process
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What invention made it easier for farmers to harvest grain faster?
Mechanical reaper
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What invention allowed people to travel quickly and cheaply to the west?
the railroad
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What role did Samuel Slater have in the development of the textile industry?
he memorized the designs of machines in England and brought them to America and built the machines which greatly increased the speed at which cloth was made
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Which inventor increased manufacturing by introducing the idea of interchangeable parts?