MIDWEST ‘The middle of the country's economy ‘was based on farming. The Steel plow, that was invented by loh Deere in 1837, revolutionized the farming industry. It made farming much less physically demanding, as well as less manual and physically demanding work for the farmers.’The steel plow was needed because the ground in the U.S. was much harder and the wood plows wouldn't work. So Deere created a Strong ploW that would be capable of properly assisting farmers in their work. Another invention that greatly helped out the farmers was the horse-drawn reaper, invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831. Not only did it simplify the farmers’ work, but it also produced fie times the amount of harvesting in a day than the farmers ‘were able to prodiice when using @ seythe. INNOVATION Jn SOUTH During the 18005 inthe South, tandowners had platatins where slaves ‘wauld work thelt land, This was very Inborious work, anda couple of Inventions made thls tough work easler. ‘The ottn gi was a machine that would take the seeds out of the cotton, clitalnating the tough work it typically took forthe slaves todo this. This made cotton much easier, more ffi, and ‘quicker to produce, and within a short time, cotton became a ashe, SOURCES “inventors and inventions” Ushstry.org, Trdependence Fall ssocaton, wo usnisory oral 25¢ ap. natn of Unted ates versar ‘Wipes Wares Founda) snipes arginaine of unites Sates vents etre 189 covan cin Wipes, Were ounaaon 30 Dee 2317 enarepeaa orientNORTHEAST ‘The main thing done in the Northeast was Ming, as well as building industrial cities. The ¢0al cutter, invented by miner and manager Richard Suteliffe, allowed the Northeast tomine much more efficiently. Also, che miling machine, created by Eli Whitney, helped to produce gis and ifs in an eft jent and industrial forces of the North in motion. “Lastly leaned ruber, invented by Charles Goodyear in 1839, allowed for rubber that was stainable throughout the year, in any weather. It no longer melted in the summer and froze in the winter ike it used to. It also helped with the Boston rubber fever in the 18305. This rubber could be used for many things. but it definitely helped with the economy of the North ina variety of oa TRAINS THE U.S. In the beginning, trains used to be horse-drawn carriages. rom there, many innovations and progress oceurred to result in the trains that we use today. Wood tratks were built so that the wheels of the cart would remain within the road, People realized that the wood rail ‘wore down too fast, so they put nails in the tracks to sustain them for longer. ‘Then, the Steam train was invented in 3814 by George Stephenson. With all of these new innovations of the train track, by 1860, about 30,000 miles of railroad were operating. On May 10. 41869, the Union Pacifie and the Central Pacific railroad companies came ‘together to build the Transcontinental ralload, spanning from New York to California. This could be traveled in only ‘a few days with the new train, as ‘opposed to the weeks or months it used to take with wagons or by foot WEST In the 18008 in Western America, nearly everybody was atte rancher. ‘The invention of barbed Wite by Lucien Smith in 2867 madecattle ranching much easier. The harbed wire helped to keep the cows ina specific place, and this majorly Improvedeattle ranching. Different types of barbed wire were tisedon different ranches: Tho barbed wire were different so that ranchers could mark their land as their own, ‘Also the invention of MSE Coe in 1844 by Samuel Morse allowed people living in the west to COMMURiCate with people living across the country. Also t made communication essier throughout the whole country.