1. American Inventions
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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