Answer:
1. leading seaport on Erie Canal - New York
2. first textile factory in Rhode Island - Samuel Slater
3. father of mass production - Eli Whitney
4. improved the power loom - Frances Lowell
5. builder of first successful steamboat - Robert Fulton
6. perfected the telegraph - Samuel F. B. Morse
7. built the Tom Thumb - Peter Cooper
8. builder of the Erie Canal - DeWitt Clinton
9. Maryland to Illinois - National Road
