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Down1. Elias _____________, an American inventor, was the first man to create this machine. His invention made it possible to produce garments faster.2. Samuel Morse invented this, he claimed messages could be sent electronically through wire3. Robert _____________ built the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807.4. The loom used to be powered by water but eventually was power by this.7. The first textile factory, Slater’s Mill, became the first textile factory in which state?9. Richard _____________ was the first man to establish a textile factory in England. He hired workers to run the machines, and his business boomed. Soon other factories popped up all over England.10. What type of machine did Elias create?

Across2. The spinning jenny led to the creation of this manufacturing industry.5. The invention of the sewing machine made it possible to produce garments faster. Because clothes could be produced faster, the price of these items _____________over time.6. Samuel _____________ was the first man to establish textile factories up and running in the United States.8. The first American steam engine was called _____________.11. James_____________, an English inventor, built a spinning jenny. It could spin eighty threads all at once.12. Edmund Cartwright invented this, which produced wider cloth. It was powered by water.13. Peter _____________ built the first American steam engine.14. Manufacturing usually occurs in this type of building.