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American Inventions

American Inventions. USI 8c. Terms to Know. Inventor: Someone who is the first to think of or make something Entrepreneur: Someone who organizes resources to bring a better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit. Cotton Gin. Invented by Eli Whitney

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American Inventions

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  1. American Inventions USI 8c

  2. Terms to Know • Inventor: Someone who is the first to think of or make something • Entrepreneur: Someone who organizes resources to bring a better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit

  3. Cotton Gin • Invented by Eli Whitney • Increased production of cotton • Increased the need for slave labor to pick the cotton

  4. Reaper • Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson (a slave) worked together to invent the reaper • McCormick was an entrepreneur who brought the reaper to market. • Increased the production of the American farmers • Needed fewer workers

  5. Steamboat • Improved by the entrepreneur Robert Fulton. • Provided faster river transportation • Connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories

  6. Steam Locomotive • Provided faster land transportation

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