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New Technologies and Transportation

New Technologies and Transportation. Transportation Revolution. Rapid improvement of speed and cost Changed the way people traveled and shipped goods Made possible by the steam engine. Robert Fulton. Created the 1 st successful Steamboat Called the “Clermont”. Peter Cooper.

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New Technologies and Transportation

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  1. New Technologies and Transportation

  2. Transportation Revolution • Rapid improvement of speed and cost • Changed the way people traveled and shipped goods • Made possible by the steam engine

  3. Robert Fulton • Created the 1st successful Steamboat • Called the “Clermont”

  4. Peter Cooper • Built one of the first locomotives • Called “Tom Thumb”

  5. Gibbons vs. Ogden • Gibbons wanted to run his boats between NY and NJ, Ogden sued because he had the rights to NY • It reached the Supreme Court where Gibbons won • Marshall’s ruling reinforced federal government authority over states

  6. Communication by wire • Samuel Morse develops the telegraph • Sends signal through wire using Morse code • Trans continental line finished in 1861

  7. Agricultural Improvements • Made farming possible in mid-west • Made farming faster

  8. John Deere invents the steel plow which can slice through plains dirt

  9. Cyrus McCormick • develops mechanical reaper • allows farmers to buy on credit

  10. The Sewing Machine • Invented by Elias Howe • Isaac Singer - improved sewing machine which is simple to run • Women began earning money sewing at home

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