Module 13 Lesson 3 Quiz The Transportation Revolution

1. Which of these forms of transportation was invented during the 1800's and led to a rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel? Select the 2 correct answers.

• airplanes
• steamboats
• submarines
• automobiles
• steam-powered trains

2. The ______________________, a period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel, created a boom in business across the United States, particularly by reducing shipping time and costs.

• industrial revolution
• interstate highway system
• transportation revolution
• American Revolution

3. Which of these statements is true of steamboat travel?

• Steamboats could only move downriver since they relied on wind power.
• Steamboats could only transport people since they were not large enough to carry goods.
• Steamboats increased trade and profits because goods could be moved more quickly and cheaply.
• Steamboats reduced opportunities for international interaction because they could not cross the Atlantic Ocean.

4. Select the answer that best describes the following statement. In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden, which reached the Supreme Court in 1824, the court ruled?

• Aaron Ogden had a right to the monopoly of the the New York Waterways
• Thomas Gibbons did not have a license to operate in New York.
• The Ruling freed up waters to even greater trade and competition within the shipping industry.

5. Who built a small but powerful locomotive called the Tom Thumb; he raced the locomotive against a horse-drawn railcar.

• Thomas Lowell
• Thomas Gibbons
• Peter Cooper

6. Who tested the first steamboat design?

• Samuel Adams
• Robert Fulton
• Tracy Ogden

7. The first full-sized commercial steamboat was called the ___________________.

• Tom Thumb
• Clermont
• Titanic

8. By 1860 about ________________ miles of tracks linked almost every major city in the eastern United States

• 10,000
• 120,000
• 30,000

9. While wagons often traveled less than 2 miles an hour, locomotives averaged about 40 miles per hour.

• True
• False

10. By linking previously isolated cities, towns, and settlements, the railroads promoted trade and ________________.

• interdependence
• wealth
• greed