What invention improved communication by allowing coded messages to be sent and received?
Telegraph
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Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
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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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The invention of the Bessemer process helped the U.S. become a leader in the manufacture of what material?
steel
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What invention made it much easier to clean cotton?
Cotton gin
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What invention drastically changed agriculture in the South?
cotton gin
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Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
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Which inventor increased manufacturing by introducing the idea of interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
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Francis Cabot Lowell introduced new manufacturing methods and employed many women in what industry?
textile industry
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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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What did James Watt improve on that helped provide power for industry?
steam engine
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Why were most of the early factories located near rivers?
water powered the machines
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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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Why was the steamboat such an important invention for water transportation?
it made it easier to transport people and goods upstream
