5th - Topic 6, Lesson 4 - ALL Interactive Galleries and Map

What was often used for just one trip?

• pontoon

• flatboat

• canoe

• steamboat

What was MISSING from a flatboat so travel downriver was only as fast as the river moved?

• rudder

• people

• oars

• motor

How did a flatboat move upriver, besides rowing?

• motor

• river current

• pulled by horses

What was under early gravel roads?

• crops

• water

• dirt

• plants

What was allowed to drain away when small stones were layered over dirt roads?

• water

• dirt

• crops

• mud

What was charged from travelers using roads built and maintained by private companies?

• hats

• horses

• food

• toll

Who later used tolls to pay for national roads?

• private companies

• government

• flatboats

• gravel roads

What is the nickname for roads built with logs laying next to each other?

• cotton roads

• roads with ridges

• corduroy roads

• denim roads

Where were corduroy roads built?

• valleys and other low places

• swamps and other wet places

• deserts and other dry places

• mountains and other high places

What burns wood to boil water into steam?

• boiler

• engine

• gears

• fireplace