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Social Studies
8th Grade
04/16/2012

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Term
Henry Bessemer
Definition

·       Bessemer Steel Process

·       Mass Production of steel

·       1855

·       Transportation

Agriculture

Term
Robert Fulton
Definition

·       The Clermont

·       Steamboat

·       1807

Term
Eli Whitney
Definition

·       Cotton Gin

·       Machine to separate fibers from seeds

·       1793

Agriculture

Term
Cyrus McCormick
Definition

·       Mechanical Reaper

·       Machine to harvest grain

·       1831

Agriculture

Term
Eli Whitney
Definition

·      Interchangeable parts

·      Process to produce  parts that meet specifications so it can be used in any machine

·      1798

·      Agriculture, Transportation, communication, household

Term
James Watt
Definition

·      Steam Engine

·      Engine to pump water

·      1769

Transportation

Term
John Deere
Definition

·      Steel Plow

·      Cast-steel plow

·      1837

Agriculture

Term
John Fitch
Definition

·      Steamboat

·      First successful trial of steam boat

·      1787

Transportation

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Samuel Morse
Definition

·      Telegraph

·      Process of transmitting signals over wire

·      1837

Communication

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Peter Cooper
Definition

·      The Tom Thumb

·      First American built steam locomotive

·      1830

Transportation

Term
James Hargreaves
Definition

·      Spinning Jenny

·      Made thread

·      1764

Household

Term
Richard Trevithick
Definition

·      Locomotive

·      Engine that used high pressure steam

·      1764

Transportation

Term
Samuel Slater
Definition

·       First  water powered textile mill

·       Mill that hired whole families and divided work in to tasks (Rhode Island System)

·       1790

Household

Term
Erie Canal
Definition

·       Linked Lake Erie to Hudson river

·       1825 (completed)

Transportation

Term
National Road
Definition

·       First highway built by federal government

·       1839 (completed

Transportation

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Railroads
Definition

·       Improved movement of goods and services

·       1764 (First US)

Transportation

Term
Elias Howe
Definition

·       Sewing Machine

·       Machine could use 2 different thread sources

·       1845

Household

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