Steamboats
Railroads
Effect on Economy
100
The first full-size commercial steamboat, popularized steamboat ferry service
What is the Clermont
100
Small but powerful steam train built in 1830, raced a horse-drawn railcar, broke down and lost
What is Tom Thumb
100
Part of the US where most of the wealth was centered
What is the North
200
Inventor who came from France, designed the first commercially successful steamboat
Who is Robert Fulton
200
Builder of one of the first American steam locomotives, rich philanthropist, and inventor of Jell-O
Who is Peter Cooper
200
Substance that was mined in various states, used to power steam trains, heat homes, start fires for cooking, and heat up furnaces for smelting steel Mining damaged the earth, demand for it started a mining industry in states such as Pennsylvania and Illinois
What is coal
300
Supreme Court case over waterway rights, increased the power of the federal government and opened up waterways to more trade and shipping
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
300
Fuel for steam trains, replaced wood as a source of power
What is coal
300
Demand for this product increased as newspaper publishing grew
What is paper
400
Original name of the first commercially successful steamboat, the name was later shortened
What is the North River Steamboat
400
Country where steam-powered trains were first developed
What is Great Britain
400
The cutting of trees and destruction of forests, driven by the demand for lumber in New England to use for homes and furniture
What is deforestation
500
Nickname given to the first practical steamboat
What is Fulton's Folly
500
Introduced in 1883, helped railroads offer uniform train schedules
What are time zones
500
A city that became a transportation hub due to its location on Lake Michigan, linked the Midwest to the East and South
What is Chicago
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