transportation and communication in the 1800s

The ______________________ built by Robert Fulton in 1807 made transportation on rivers much quicker and easier for people at that time.

• airplane

• steamboat

• wagons

• telephone

Electrical ________________________ allowed people to send messages using Morse Code over long distances.

• telegraphs

• letters

• television

• automobiles

Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first people to build and fly an ________________________, which made traveling from country to country faster.

• wagons

• airplane

• animals

• steamboat

The first _______________________ were built in the U.S. in the 1800s. They were used to transport people and goods over land across the country for a cheap price.

• television

• steamboat

• animals

• railroads

Alexander Graham Bell invented the ____________________ in 1876, which allowed people to speak to one another over long distances.

• letters

• Internet

• telephone

• airplane

People used ___________________ pulled by animals such as horses or oxen before railroads were built and cars were invented.

• wagons

• railroads

• automobiles

• airplane

The _____________________ started as a way for computers to be connected. Now people use it to communicate through email, Facebook, and Twitter.

• letters

• Internet

• telephone

• television