READING CHECK || "Transportation Advancement of the 1800's"

The Cumberland Road connected the newly settled interior areas of the United States to the ports along the Atlantic coast. Built between 1811 and 1818, the road crossed which major GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE of the eastern United States?

• Great Smoky Mountains
• Potomac River
• Ohio River
• Appalachian Mountains

Which of the following MOST influenced the construction of the first toll roads in the northeast part of America?

• greater availability of federal funds to build roads
• merchants desiring better roads to transport their goods
• lower costs to transport goods on roads
• decreased federal funding for building roads

How did the building of canals affect cities?

• Cities were moved so that canals could be built.
• Cities were destroyed so that canals could be built.
• Cities that were along the canals grew larger.
• Cities that were along the canals became poor.

What caused an immediate increase in the shipment of such goods as grain and lumber from the Midwest to the Eastern seaboard in the first half of the 1800s?

• The first toll road was built.
• New York City became the leading commercial port in the nation.
• The Erie Canal was built.
• Chicago, Illinois, became the great transport hub of the Midwest.

Many doubted Governor Clinton when it was proposed, but no one expected the impact the Erie Canal would have on commerce during the early 1800's. The Erie Canal, flowing through upstate New York, was COMPLETED in what year?

• 1794
• 1817
• 1825
• 1840

By the 1840's which eastern AMERICAN CITY had become the nation's largest commercial port due to the construction of the Erie Canal?

• Buffalo, New York
• Chicago, Illinois
• Hartford, Connecticut
• New York City, New York

How did the early railroads effect America's transportation system?

• They allowed for the shipment of goods to be less costly.
• They allowed for the first commercial shipping in the country.
• They ended the use of canals for the shipment of goods.
• They helped the government take control of commercial shipping.

Which DEVELOPMENT in the transportation industry of the 1800's had the longest-lasting impact on the economic activities within the United States?

• networks of canals
• paved interstate roads
• railroad networks
• Steam-powered river boats

According to the article, what MAJOR AMERICAN CITIES benefited from the economic and population increases that came with becoming strategically located "transport links" in the early 1800's? Please select ALL correct answers.

• Buffalo, New York
• Chicago, Illinois
• New York City
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• St. Louis, Missouri

How does the author build understanding for the reader about the "transportation network" that was built in America in the first half of the 19th century?

• by comparing the effectiveness of the different forms of transportation that were built
• by comparing the overall costs of building the different forms of transportation
• by describing in detail the process used to develop the different forms of transportation
• by describing the different forms of transportation that were built and the effects of each