Ryan's History Test: UNITED BY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIO

Communication in colonial times was mostly by:

• newspapers

• word of mouth

• telephone

The first colonists settled near the seacoast or on rivers because the major transportation was by:

• horseback

• stagecoach

• water

Mail was carried by _______  in colonial times.

• flatboats

•  railroads 

• post riders

Communication was improved as _______ progressed.

• government

•  mail

•  transportation 

The first roads were built by:

• government

• private companies

• missionaries

Travel increased after the _______.

• World War I

•  Civil War 

• Revolutionary War 

In the 1840s people could travel to California in:

• stagecoaches and covered wagons

• canal boats

• airplanes

__________  replaced stagecoaches after the Civil War.

• Flatboats 

• Steamships 

• Railroads

________ have replaced railroads in carrying most mail and passengers today.

• Flatboats 

• Steamships 

• Airplanes 

_________ replaced sailing ships on the oceans.

• Flatboats 

• Steamships 

• Airplanes