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What invention removed seeds from cotton 50 times faster than by hand?
cotton gin
How did railroads change the cost of sending products?
The price decreased
Who usually worked in factories?
women, kids
Why did kids work in factories?
families needed money
What kind of boats could travel faster, and travel upriver?
steamboats
What kind of transportation did Robert Fulton develop in America?
Steamboats
Did the cotton gin increase or decrease the demand for slaves in the South?
increase
What was one problem with working in a factory?
long hours, low pay, dangerous, boring, dirty air, too hot/cold
Which part of the country had more factories?
North, New England
How did steamboats affect the speed of shipping products?
it was faster
How did canals affect the cost of shipping products?
it was cheaper
What invention allowed people to expand westward and grow crops in hard-packed soil?
steel-tipped plow
Who was helped by the mechanical reaper?
farmers
What was one problem with working in a factory?
long hours, low pay, dangerous, boring, dirty air, too hot/cold
Which invention used Morse Code to send messages across wires?
Telegraph
Why didn't farmers move west before the steel-tipped plow was invented?
They couldn't plow the hard-packed soil
