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  • Did the cotton gin increase or decrease the demand for slaves in the South?
    increase
  • What kind of transportation did Robert Fulton develop in America?
    Steamboats
  • What invention removed seeds from cotton 50 times faster than by hand?
    cotton gin
  • Which region was the steel-tipped plow most important to?
    Midwest
  • Which part of the country had more railroads?
    North and Midwest
  • Who usually worked in factories?
    women, kids
  • What did the mechanical reaper do?
    Helped harvest wheat faster
  • Which invention improved communication by sending messages over wires using electricity?
    the telegraph
  • What did Eli Whitney invent?
    cotton gin
  • How did canals and railroads affect the cost of shipping products?
    it was cheaper
  • Which part of the country had slaves working on cotton plantations?
    the South
  • What was one problem with working in a factory?
    long hours, low pay, dangerous, boring, dirty air, too hot/cold
  • Why did kids work in factories?
    families needed money
  • How did steamboats affect the speed of shipping products?
    it was faster
  • How did railroads and canals affect the SPEED of sending products?
    It was faster
  • Which part of the country had more factories?
    North, New England
  • What invention allowed people to expand westward and grow crops in hard-packed soil?
    steel-tipped plow
  • What kind of boats could travel faster, and travel upriver?
    steamboats
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