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1 Inventions of the 1800’s Directions: Find the slide with your invention and follow the directions. These inventions set the stage for the Civil War and developed different cultures in the North and South.

2 Steel Plow Go to ABC-CLEO and search for “John Deere” and click on the first article (number 1) Read the 1 st paragraph, the paragraph beginning with the sentence “Deere made three plows in all that year” and the paragraph beginning with the sentence “Unlike other blacksmiths” Every person in the group must answer the following questions in their notes. 1.What is this invention/What did this invention do? 2.Who created this invention? Was there any controversy or difficulty creating in or making it famous? 3.How did this invention change the life of people in America? Do you think this invention helped the North or South more? Why?

3 Vulcanizing Rubber Go to ABC-CLIO and search for “Charles Goodyear” and click on the first article (number 1) Read the 1st, 6 th and 8 th paragraphs in the article Every person in the group must answer the following questions in their notes. 1.What is this invention/What did this invention do? 2.Who created this invention? Was there any controversy or difficulty creating in or making it famous? 3.How did this invention change the life of people in America? Do you think this invention helped the North or South more?

4 Sewing Machine Go to ABC-CLIO and search for “Elias Howe” and click on the first article (number 1) Read the 1 st, 5 th and 7 th paragraphs Every person in the group must answer the following questions in their notes. 1.What is this invention/What did this invention do? 2.Who created this invention? Was there any controversy or difficulty creating in or making it famous? 3.How did this invention change the life of people in America? Do you think this invention helped the North or South more?

5 Cotton Gin Go to ABC-CLIO and search for “Cotton Gin” and “Eli Whitney”. Click on the first article for both searches (number 1) Cotton Gin- Read the entire article Eli Whitney- Read the 1 st, 4 th, 5 th and 6 th paragraphs Every person in the group must answer the following questions in their notes. 1.What is this invention/What did this invention do? 2.Who created this invention? Was there any controversy or difficulty creating in or making it famous? 3.How did this invention change the life of people in America? Do you think this invention helped the North or South more?

6 Telegraph Go to ABC-CLIO and search for “Telegraph” and “Samuel Morse”. Click on the first article for both searches (number 1) Telegraph- Read the entire article Samuel Morse- Read the 1 st, 5 th, 8 th and 9 th paragraphs Every person in the group must answer the following questions in their notes. 1.What is this invention/What did this invention do? 2.Who created this invention? Was there any controversy or difficulty creating in or making it famous? 3.How did this invention change the life of people in America? Do you think this invention helped the North or South more?

7 Invention What did the invention do? Inventor?How did it change American life? Did it help the North or South more? Sewing Machine Vulcanizing Rubber Telegraph Cotton Gin Steel Plow


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