Vocabulary
Goods
Horses, boats
What businesses did settlers start in St.Louis?
Mills, newspapers, entrepreneurs
work one person does for another
service
What made moving west easier?
steam engines
Why did pioneers come to St.Louis?
To pick up supplies and to board boats up the Mississippi River for their journey west.
the way people and things are carried from one place to another
transportation
What is a steam engine?
How did St.Louis go from a trading post to a city?
The economy grew.
People could send messages quickly across the country by using a what?
telegraph
telegraph
In the 1800's people used _____ to travel long distances.
rivers
A machine that turns steam into power
steam engine
How does a telegraph work?
It sends signals by electricity. The signals speed along a wire stretched between telegraph stations
In what ways did the rivers help St.Louis grow?
People used the rivers for travel and trade.
The rivers brought newcomers in where they found work, farmed, or set up new businesses.