Transportation Inventions Review

What is a steam engine?

• A boat powered by steam

• A train powered by steam

• A mechanism that uses steam as a source of power

• A factory powered by water

Which of the following were TWO effects of the steam engine?

• Faster forms of transportation

• Increased Industrialization

• Construction of more canals

• Increased need for agricultural workers

• Rise in immigration

Why did steam engines lead to greater industrialization ?

• The Northeast began to specialize in manufacturing steam engines for other regions

• The Southeast used steam engines to build factories on plantations

• Factories could now be built anywhere because they no longer needed rivers to power them

• The United States could now export manufactured goods to Europe to make more money

What invention is shown in the image?

• Steam Engine

• Steam Locomotive

• Steamboat

• Flatboat

According to this image, what is one impact that steamboats had on the economy of the U.S. in the 1800s?

• Steamboats increased trade of cotton from the South to other regions

• Steamboats caused an increase in the Domestic Slave Trade

• Steamboats primarily carried goods from the North to the South

• Steamboats made travel between the east and west coast much faster

What was an effect of the steam locomotive?

• Railroads began to replace canals as the preferred method of trade

• Railroads were replaced by steam boats as a quicker method of transportation

• Railroads were only built in the North because of the Industrial Revolution

• Most railroads were built on the west coast

Which of the following is true of railroads in the 1800s?

• They were constructed mostly in the Midwest

• They were built mostly near farms to transport agricultural goods

• They built mostly near the coast

• They were constructed in every region of the U.S.

What did the Bessemer Process improve?

• The process of boiling sugar

• The process of making steel

• The process of building railroad tracks

• Power for factories and ships

Why was steel so important to the U.S. economy?

• It was used to make trains, ships and buildings

• It was used to make most manufactured goods

• It was used to build canals

• It was used to make the cotton gin

Which of the following is true of all of these inventions:

-Canals

-Steamboat

-Steam locomotive

*SELECT 2 ANSWERS*

• Decreased travel time

• Caused a decline in jobs in the northeast

• Increased trade between regions of the U.S.

• Led to a decrease in slavery