Eli Whitney
What was the purpose of the cotton gin? ____________________________________
What was the reason Whitney invented Interchangeable Parts? ____________________
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Why did Whitney have problems making a profit from the cotton gin? _______________
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How do interchangeable parts affect manufacturing today? Provide an example that a person might use every day?
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Francis C. Lowell
What war made Lowell realize that he needed a new way to make a living? ____________
How did Lowell power his mills? ____________________________________________
Where were the mills located? ____________________________________________
Elias Howe
What did Howe invent? __________________________________________________
How did Howe’s invention change people lives? _________________________________
What did Howe do during the Civil War? _____________________________________
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Cyrus McCormick
What did McCormick invent? ______________________________________________
What industry benefitted from his invention? _________________________________

How could Whitney’s interchangeable parts help McCormick? ______________________
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John Deere
Deere was apprenticed in what field? _______________________________________
When he moved west, what did he find himself repairing? ________________________
What did he do to improve the plow for farmers? ______________________________
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When did the John Deere company begin selling tractors? ________________________
Samuel F. B. Morse
What type of power was needed for the telegraph to work? _______________________
How was the alphabet expressed? __________________________________________
When was the first telegraph line laid across the Atlantic Ocean? __________________
What has eventually replaced the telegraph? __________________________________
Robert Fulton
What did Fulton invent? _________________________________________________
Although Fulton did not invent the ______________________, he credited with making this a reality.
What powered his ships? ________________________________________________