1. Great Thinkers
Chapter 11

2. First textile mill in America.
Samuel Slater
First textile mill in America.

3. Invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.

4. Invented the steamboat.
Robert Fulton
Invented the steamboat.

5. Invented telegraph. “Morse Code.”
Samuel F.B. Morse
Invented telegraph. “Morse Code.”

6. Invented a lightweight plow.
John Deere
Invented a lightweight plow.

7. Cyrus McCormick
Invented mechanical reaper/threshing machine.

8. James Monroe
5th president of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine, (No more colonization in the Western Hemisphere.)

10. Henry Clay
Known for coming up with the American System. Instrumental in formulating Missouri Compromise of 1820.