Transportation Revolution

What was the name of Robert Fulton's steamboat?

• The Tom Thumb

• The Clermont

• The Little Engine That Could

• The Titanic

In what direction did the railroad help America expand?

• North

• West

• South

• East

The Erie Canal played a large role in the settlement of the Midwest because it provided a link between the Atlantic Ocean and the

• Gulf of Mexico

• Great Lakes

• Missouri River

• Pacific Ocean

In the first half of the 19th century, canal building was important to economic growth because canals

• could be used in all seasons of the year

• provided access to free homesteads in the West

• charged lower rates than the transcontinental railroad

• allowed faster transport of farm and industrial products

What cities benefited from the canal?

• New York City

• Albany

• Buffalo

• All of the above

The point of building the canal was to connect the Great Lakes with?

• Albany

• New York City

• Watertown

• Canada

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.

• north and south

• east and west

• north and west

• east and south

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The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

The purpose of the Homestead Act was to develop the West.

• True
• False

In 1803 ROBERT FULTON tested his first steamboat design in France, then later tested his first Full-Sized commercial steamboat, called ________________

• Angelina

• Clermont

• Floridina

• Bertha