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In 1832, Cyrus McCormick invents the mechanical reaper, which harvests grain. In 1837, John Deere developed the first cast steel plow. It tilled the soil easier.

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An engine that removed the seeds from cotton bolls faster than workers by hand.

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A need or want for a good or service.

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Cause:
In 1793, Eli Whitney developed a machine called the cotton gin, or engine.
Effect:
The cotton gin removed the seeds from cotton fibers much faster than by hand.
Cotton can be prepared for market in less time.
Plantations can grow more cotton.
Planters in the southern states consider cotton like "gold". They sold their cotton to textile mills in the northern states and in Europe.

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Eli Whitney: Father of American Technology - Fast Facts | History

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The amount of a good or service available for sale.

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a system of producing large amounts of goods at one time

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Parts that were exactly alike.

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Woven cloth made on a loom.

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Britain was the only country in world that had machines to weave textiles, and they did not want the rest of the world to know the plans to the machines.  The machine plans were not allowed out of the country. Samuel Slater he memorized how each iron gear and wooden spool worked, and left Britain under a disguise and went to Pawtucket RI and opened the first large scale mill in the US Water power early mills built near rushing rivers, and waterwheels powered the machines connected to them. Steam engines were used to power the machines. Steam engins allowed production to expand and allowed textile mills and other factories to  be built. Factories more people worked in factories, no longer working at homeworkers didn’t need the same type of skills. Factory workers were trained to run the machines. Many workers were women, children, and immigrants. Francis Cabot Lowell developed a new system of organizing factories entire process under one roof called the Waltham System. It provided boarding houses and good living conditions for his workers.
Eli Whitney invented interchangeable parts for guns which are parts that are exactly alike.
Mass production is a system of producing large amounts of goods at one time.

Supply and demand is when the supply of a product is high, prices fall, when the supply of a product is low,

prices rise

How was Lowell’s system of organizing factories different from other systems?

He put the entire process of converting cotton into cloth under one roof of his factory.

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Industrial Revolution for Kids | A simple yet comprehensive overview

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Canal building lasted only a short time in the US, because new and faster methods of carrying goods took over. The steam engine was invented in Britain by Thomas Newcomen, it used the steam produced by boiling water to move its parts.
In 1807, Robert Fulton used the steam engine to power the Clermont, a boat, which went up the Hudson River in NYC to Albany NY.
Steam engines  were being used to power steamboats along with powering locomotives.
The 1st locomotive made in the US was the Tom Thumb.
Peter Cooper was the manufacturer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1830.
Railroads made it easier and cheaper to move heavy loads of raw materials and manufactured goods to all regions of the country.
As the railroads grew so did manufacturing in the US.

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Traveling on canals, boats, or barges could carry larger loads at less cost than wagons on land.
The most important canal was the Erie Canal in NY.
It started along the Hudson River and ended in Lake Erie.
Investors were asked to buy stock in the Erie Canal.
Irish immigrants came to US to build the canal.  They were paid more here than in Ireland.
It made NYC a leading city of trade in the U.S.
In 1825, the Erie Canal opened and the success of the Erie Canal set off a canal boom.

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A person who uses money to buy or make something that will yield a profit.

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Changed the way people traveled, lived and worked.
People began to use machines instead of hand tools.

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The National Road was important because it led settlers and goods from the east to new states in the western parts of the U.S. It was opened in 1818 and ran from Maryland to West Virginia. By 1841,  it was opened through Ohio and ended in Vandalia, Illinois.

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Manifest Destiny was the feeling of confidence in the U.S.
The U.S. stretched from "sea to shining sea."
People began to use machines instead of hand tools.
It changed the way people lived, traveled, and worked.