Transportation Revolution of the 19th Century

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The invention of the steam engine dramatically improved...

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all of the above

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Before steam was invented most people travelled

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all of the above

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What describes inconvenient travel best? Options: shared bedrooms in taverns when traveling long distances, three miles per hour in roads with ruts, barge on a canal, two answers on the top row

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two answers on the top row

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Clippers and schooners are examples of

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two new designs of ships that traveled faster than merchant ships

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One way to improve shipping in inland areas

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canals were built alongside rivers and between bodies of water

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What was a negative consequence to the building of canals?

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expensive

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Where was the Erie Canal?

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Upstate New York

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The success of the Erie Canal prompted

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the building of other canals

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What transportation industries were first to gain the benefits of steam power?

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ships and railroads

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Steamboats revolutionized travel in which part of the country first?

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Midwest and Prairie States