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Who
What
When
Why
Where
100
Who was Robert Fulton?
Who is an American who built the first full-sized commercial steam-boat
100
What was the name of the first commercial steamboat?
What is The Clermont
100
When did the the U.S have about 30,000 miles of railroad tracks?
When was 1860
100
Why did America turn to steamboats and trains to transport goods across the nation?
It was easier and less costly
100
Where was the wealth centered during the Transportation Revolution?
Where was "The North"
200
Who was Peter Cooper?
Who was an American that built a small locomotive called Tom Thumb who raced a horse, which helped show the new inventions power and efficiency
200
What were locomotive engines powered by in the 1830’s?
What is steam
200
When did Peter Cooper build a small locomotive called Tom Thumb?
When was 1830
200
Why did Aaron Odgen sue Thomas Gibbons in 1819?
For operating steam-boats in New York waters that Odgen said he owned
200
Where were steam-powered trains first developed in the early 1800’s?
Where was Great Britain
300
Who said “towers above all other inventions of this or the preceding age” when talking about trains?
Who was Senator Daniel Webster
300
What was the name of the famous small locomotive that raced a horse and was created by Peter Cooper?
What is Tom Thumb
300
When did Robert Fulton test his first steamboat design in France?
When was 1803
300
Why did towns not near railroad tracks most likely suffer and shut-down?
Supplies were harder to get
300
Where did the mining industry develop as the demand for coal increased?
Where was Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Western Virginia
400
Who was the French economist who described Americans as “having a perfect passion for railroads” ?
Who was Michel Chevalier
400
What natural resource did the Transportation Revolution replace with coal as faster locomotives and steamboats were being created?
What is Wood
400
When did the Clermont travel up the Hudson River?
When was 1807
400
Why did coal replace wood as the main source of fuel?
A half-ton of coal produces as much energy as two tons of wood
400
Where were goods being traveled over during the 1850’s by steamboat? (Hint: ITS AN OCEAN)
Where was The Atlantic
500
Who was the English citizen who was on a train that flew off the tracks, and then praised the engineer for trying to stay on time?
Who was Charles Weld
500
Through what process is steel made?
What is smelting
500
When did steamboats start carrying goods and people across the Atlantic Ocean?
When was 1850
500
Why was it easy for steam-boats to travel up river against the wind?
They did not rely on wind as power source
500
Where did the Clermont, the first commercial steam-boat, travel August 9th,1807( A RIVER) ?
Where was The Hudson