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Cards In This Set
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Invented the Cotton Gin
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Eli Whitney
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Mechanical Reaper
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Cyrus McCormick
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Steel plow
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John Deer
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What was the Preemption Act of 1830?
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Squatters could stake out land ahead of surveyors (expansion westward
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New Improvements in transportation
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New Roads - Turnpikes and national roadRiver Transportation - Steamboats, flatboats and canals
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Steamboats
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Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston
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Canal example
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Erie Canal
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Where did railroads start?
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England
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3 benefits of railroads to America
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- Speed- Cheaper- Encouraged westward settlement
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Why were railroads dangerous?
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They had poor construction and accidents were common
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How were railroads financed?
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- Mostly by private ventures- States sometimes built their own lines/granted tax breaks- Post office
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Were railroads internal or external improvements?
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Internal
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Name 3 technological improvements
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- Telegraph- Vulcanized Rubber- Sewing machine
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Telegraph
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Samuel B. Morse
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Vulcanized Rubber
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Charles Goodyear
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