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Cotton Gin
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Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. Results: more cotton is grown and more slaves are needed for more acres of cotton fields
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Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. Results: more cotton is grown and more slaves are needed for more acres of cotton fields
Steamboat
A boat that moves by the power of a steam engine, made it easier and quicker to travel goods
Telegraph
A wire communication system which used Morse code to send messages over long distances.
Morse Code
system developed by Samuel Morse that represented each letter of the alphabet by a certain combination of dots and dashes; used with the telegraph
Electricity
A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for lighting, industrial motors, and railroads beginning in the 1880s.
