Transportation Revolution
What was used before Coal as fuel
What is wood?
When did locomotives become popular in America?
Locomotives became popular in America in the 1830s
River Travel
What are steamboats used for?
what were the two new forms of transportation
The steamboat and and steam ship
what was used for factories and railroads
What is steel?
When were locomotives developed?
The 1800s
When were Steamboats used?
How did this help Americans
it helped Americans by speeding up travel and lowering the costs of shipping.
this material is used to make steel
What is Iron ore?
How many miles of tracks were placed by 1860?
more than 30,000 miles of tracks were placed by 1860
The first American steamboat
What was Clermont?
What are the vehicles involved in the transportation Revolution
What are Trains and Steamboats?
What was the name of the train made by Peter Cooper in 1830?
the name of train made by Peter Cooper in 1830 was called Tom Thumb
1850
When did steamboats travel across the atlantic?
What time span did steal become popular, And why did it become popular?
It became popular late 1870s i was used for building and for making factories
What challenges did engineers and mechanics face when railroad tracks were being developed in America?
They faced the struggle of trying to build tracks up steep hills and around tight curves due to the different geographical features of America
A court case over water rights
What was Gibbons v. Ogdens?