Roads
What were roads like during colonial times?
dirt paths
What new type of boat allowed Americans to use rivers for transportation?
steamboat
What do you call a locomotive that keeps sneezing?
Achoo choo train
10 days
How did improvements in transportation affect industry?
goods could be sent across the nation, which allowed factories to produce larger quantities and access wider markets
What is the original name of the Great Wagon Road?
The Great Warriors' Path
What is the most famous canal?
The Erie Canal
Travel on railroads was faster than on canals
Railroads were cheaper than canals
Railroads were not as affected by weather as canals
Railroads were not dependent on water
The Pony Express started in ___________ and ended in ______________
Missouri; California
Collected many workers in one place where they turned out many similar items in one day
Who developed the Wilderness Road?
Daniel Boone
What is a canal?
a man-made water highway that connects two bodies of water
What new railroad developments helped make railroads a success?
The iron rail
The rimmed wheel
The steam locomotive
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
Where was the first industrial revolution?
England
Who funded the National Road?
The Federal Government
What were the weaknesses of canals?
They were expensive, they froze in the winter; railroads were better
Who built the first American locomotive on a railroad track in 1825?
John Stevens
The telegraph was developed in response to what?
communication to prevent trains from colliding
Who is Samuel Slater?
He introduced the Factory System to the United States?
What is a turnpike?
A privately owned road that required one to pay a toll before using
At the height of the canal craze in the 1840s, how many miles of canals were there?
3,326 miles
It divided their economies because the railroads mostly connected the North and West
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Name at least two of the changes that unions wanted
Free public education
Ending imprisonment for failure to pay debts
Establishing a ten-hour workday
Ending child labor