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<u>The following are the correct answers:</u>
Cyrus McCormick: Invented a mechanical reaper that greatly increased the speed of harvesting crops.
Francis Lowell: Formed a process that automated the production of cloth in textile mills.
Samuel Morse: Inventor of the telegraph.
Eli Whitney: Developed the idea for making muskets (guns) with interchangeable parts, which became the basis for the assembly-line production method.
Cotton Spindle: Machine that efficiently spun cotton thread.
Cotton gin: Machine that automated the removal of seeds from cotton fiber and greatly increased cotton production.
Sewing Machine: Invention that allowed the ready-made clothing industry to greatly expand.
John Deere: Invented a steel plow that could break difficult soil and could be pulled by horses.
Charles Goodyear: Patented the process for vulcanizing rubber (making it stronger and more elastic).
