Fulton's first steamboat, the Clermont, first sailed on what river?
What is the Hudson River
100
Why did river travel have an advantage over wagon and horse travel?
It was far more comfortable and pioneers could load all their goods on river barges.
100
What is a canal?
What is an artificial waterway.
100
Who is the #1 ranked college basketball team in the nation
What is the Kentucky Wildcats
200
In 1820, about how many people lived west of the Appalachian Mountains?
A) 4 million
B) 7 million
C) 2 million
D) None
What is
C, 2 million
200
True or false: Robert Fulton grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
False, he grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
200
What was one major problem with river travel? (has to do with direction)
Most people wanted to go from the east to the west, while most major rivers went north to south
200
What is the name of the canal that linked New York to Lake Erie?
What is the Erie Canal
200
Who won the NBA championship in the 2010-2011 season
What is the Dallas Mavericks
300
What land features made it hard to travel west during the late 1790s and early 1800s?
What is the Appalachian Mountains
300
How long did Robert Fulton live?
A) 40 years
B) 50 years
C) 60 years
D) 70 years
What is
B, he lived from 1765- 1815
300
What was one contribution that steamboats made?
Shipping goods became easier and faster, and river cities such as St. Louis and Cincinnati grew.
300
In 1800, Ohio had 45,000 settlers. Twenty years later, they had about 581,000 settlers. How many more settlers is this?
What is about 536,000 more people. This means that almost 27,000 people were settling there each year!
300
What famous basketball player did not make his high school basketball team?
Who is Michael Jordan
400
Where did most of the people live during the 1790s?
What is within a few hundred miles of the Atlantic Coast
400
What was the name of the first submarine Robert Fulton built?
A) S.S. Robert
B) S.S. Fulton
C) Nautilus
D) Nothing, he never named it.
What is
C, Nautilis
400
The Clermont moved very quickly while traveling from New York to Albany along the Hudson River. About how many miles did they go?
A) 150,000 miles
B) 15,000 miles
C) 1500 miles
D) 150 miles
E) 15 miles
What is
D, it is about 150 miles from New York to Albany
400
Pioneer families traditionally tended to settle in communities along the great rivers. Why was this?
So they could ship their goods to the market.
400
What is the official basketball of the NCAA tournament
What is the new Nike Elite basketball
500
How many miles is it from New York City to Buffalo?
(can be within 10 miles
What is 363 miles
500
What item does Robert Fulton get credited for inventing?
What is the steamboat.
500
What was the area of the Clermont?
(it measured 140 feet long and 14 feet wide)
What is 1960 miles
500
From 1816 to 1821, five states joined the nation. Name 2.
What is Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri
500
Who is the greatest quarterback in NFL history? ( worth double points!)