Transportation and Industrial Revolutions

Who is credited with helping bring steamboats to America?

• Robert Fulton

• Tom Thumb

• Clermont

• Peter Cooper

What was the name of Robert Fulton's steamboat?

• The Tom Thumb

• The Clermont

• The Little Engine That Could

• The Titanic

Who gets the credit for introducing steam trains to America?

• Steve Clermont

• Robert Fulton

• Peter Cooper

• Peter Roberts

What was the name of Peter Cooper's steam train?

• Baby

• Train McTrainface

• The Little Engine That Could

• The Tom Thumb

What natural resource did coal replace in steam engines and many industries?

• gas

• timber/wood

• bronze

• garbage

What made coal a better choice of natural resource?

• burns hotter, longer and it is cheaper

• burns hotter

• burns longer

• it was cheaper

In what direction did the railroad help America expand?

• North

• West

• South

• East

Before steam was invented most people traveled

• locally only, never really leaving the farm

• by walking

• by horse and carriage

• all of the above

Where was the Erie Canal?

• Upstate New York

• Central Massachusetts

• Connecticut

• Rhode Island

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

• factories

• ships

• railroads

• ships and railroads