Called for a nationwide system of public schools for all white males... The Second Great Awakening... The beginning of Industrialism... Samuel Slater helped the Quakers build the first modern textile factory in Pawtucket, RI... Eli Whitney invents cotton gin in 1793... Transportation innovations: steamboats for river transportation along the vast U.S. network of rivers... Turnpike roads, the growth of established U.S. cities and urban life...