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 Increased production of cotton Increased the need for slave labor to pick the cotton
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
Steamboat Improved by the entrepreneur Robert Fulton. Provided faster river transportation Connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories
Steam Locomotive Provided faster land transportation