Eli Whitney was the one with the cotton
James Watt was the one with the coal and water
And Jethro Tull Was the reduced number of workers to plant crops.
The battle you are referring to is actually called the Battle of the Ironclads. In this battle, it was the Merrimac (from the Confederacy) versus the USS Monitor (from the Union). This was the first battle between iron-fortified vessels in the Civil War. This battle ended up in a draw but represented a new form of fighting that both the Union and Confederacy had to be ready for.
The access to power was the direct result of the REA for farmers.
REA is the Rural Electrification Act (1936).
The REA was part of a program from President Frankling Delano Roosevelt designed to overcome the effects of the Depression years.
In 1935 only ten percent of isolated rural areas had electrical power.
The REA law granted long-term funding for farmers in the form of loans which were allowed to be given for states and territories to implant, improve and maintain rural electrification in the United States.
Thing were always passed down from one to another
