Roads
River Travel
Railroads
Postal Service
Telegraph
100
This was the first federally funded highway in the U. S.
What is the National Road
100
This was the biggest problem for river travel.
Sailing upstream
100
Which state had the first regularly scheduled railroad service?
South Carolina
100
Who was the first postmaster general of the United States?
Benjamin Franklin
100
What was the first phrase carried over public telegraph lines?
What hath God wrought
200
What form of transportation was called the "flying machine"?
The stagecoach
200
Who built the first commercially successful steamboat?
Robert Fulton
200
What year was the first locomotive used in the U. S.?
1825
200
Who was the first postmaster general of the United States in 1789?
Samuel Osgood
200
What was the major function of the early telegraph systems?
To coordinate railroad traffic.
300
What was the National Road was also called?
The Cumberland Road
300
Before the advent of the steamboat most boats only traveled in which direction?
Downstream
300
Who made the first major trial of a railroad in the U. S. in 1830?
Peter Cooper
300
The pony express connected which two cities with postal service?
Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California
300
Telegraph wires that linked California to the east carried what important message at the beginning of the Civil War?
That California would be loyal to the Union.
400
How much did the National Road cost to build?
$1.7 million or $13,000 a mile.
400
Where did Robert Fulton get the steam engine for his steamboat?
He purchased it from Boulton and Watt in England
400
Just before the Civil War what percentage of the nation's railroad track was located in the south?
33% or 1/3
400
How many days did it take the pony express the trip from Missouri to California?
Eight to ten days
400
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
500
Which two cities were connected by the National Road?
Baltimore and Vandalia, Illinois
500
The great canal age in America lasted from which year to which year?
1817 to 1840
500
What was the name of Peter Cooper's locomotive that lost a race with stagecoach?
Tom Thumb
500
On which dates did the pony express start and end?
From April 3, 1860 to October 24, 1861
500
The first telegraph message sent over public wires was sent between which two cities.
Washington, D. C. and Baltimore, Maryland
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