Ch. 11 Lesson 2 "Moving West"

Front

An official count of a population

Back

census

Front

a toll road

Back

turnpike

Front

Inventor of the steamboat

Back

Robert Fulton

Front

Boats are raised and lowered in a canal using a system of _______.

Back

locks

Front

These roads were built in muddy or swampy areas by laying logs side-by-side.

Back

corduroy roads

Front

The ___________ was the first road built with money from the federal government.

Back

National Road

Front

People moving west often settled on or near

Back

rivers.

Front

Boone built Wilderness Road through the ________________.

Back

Cumberland Gap

Front

What is a canal?

Back

waterway built by people

Front

Which one is NOT a reason how steamboats changed river travel? Options: transportation easier and more comfortable, shipping goods were cheaper and faster, river cities grew, shipping goods were more expensive

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shipping goods were more expensive