A 62-mile hard-surfaced highway westward from Philadelphia to Lancaster.
What is the Lancaster Turnpike?
100
It linked the Great Lakes with the Hudson River, it was built without federal aid. Nicknamed "the Governor's Gutter."
What is the Erie Canal?
100
The cheaper method of travel between canal and railroads.
What are railroads?
100
Small, swift vessels that gave American
shippers an advantage in the carrying trade.
What are clipper ships?
100
Andrew Jackson came to his first address in a horse-drawn carriage. He left his second term in this.
What is a railway car?
200
The national road built by the federal government in 1811
What is Cumberland Road?
200
Two legitimate strong effects of the "Big Ditch"
What are among advances in human transportation, industry based transportation, and an increase of American industry?
200
Flying sparks, faulty breaks and hay-fires.
What are obstacles that railroad pioneers had to overcome?
200
Also named "the greatest wire-puller in history," he organized a joint Anglo-American-Canadian venture to stretch a cable underwater from Newfoundland to Ireland.
Who is Cyrus Field?
200
The "dizzying" speed at which steamboats moved.
What was 5 MPH?
300
An ambitious painter-engineer who installed a powerful steam engine in a vessel that came to be known as the Clemont
Who was Robert Fulton?
300
New York legislatures and other canal-backers wanted to protect their waterway (and investments).
What was the main reason that railroads faced opposition?
300
The short-lived, speedy mail service between Missouri and California that relied on lightweight riders galloping between closely placed outposts.
What is the Pony Express?
500
The length of the "Governor's Gutter."
What is 363 mi?
500
The mileage of the American railroad system in 1860.