january 17 locomotive peter cooper engine

Look at the second paragraph of page 11. What did Fulton name his boat? .

• Clermonted

• Cermont

• Clermont

• Clairmont

Look at the second paragraph of page 11. When people saw the odd-looking boat that Fulton made, they laughed and called what different name?

• Fulton’s Falalolly

• Fulton’s Lolly

• Fulton’s Jolly

• Fulton’s Folly

Look at the second paragraph of page 11. When did the Clermont steam up the Hudson River against the current?

• August 1807

• August 1817

• October 1807

• January 1807

Look at the second paragraph of page 11. . Not much later, steamboats made their appearance on the __________and ___________Rivers where they carried passengers and goods up and down these water highways. What are the 2 missing words?

• Ohio and Louisiana

• Ohio and Mississippi

• Ohio and Tenessee

• Ohio and North Dakota

Look at the third paragraph of page 11. What is a waterway built by people to connect to Lake Erie with the Hudson River? This is another improvement in transportation.

• Erin Canal

• Erie Canal

• Ernest Canal

• Erieful Canal

Look at the page 12's vocabulary box. What do you mean by the word, "locomotive"?

• railroad tracks

• railing boat

• railroad engine

• railroad worker

Look at the second paragraph of page 12. In what year did a young mechanic named Peter Cooper design & build a steam engine to pull a train?

• 1830

• 1813

• 1800

• 1833

Look at the second paragraph of page 12. Who is the young mechanic that designed and build a steam engine to pull a train?

• Peter Cook

• Peter Parker

• Peter Pan

• Peter Cooper

This locomotive, as Cooper called it, could reach a speed of how many miles an hour? Type the 2 digit number.

Look at the second paragraph of page 12. What did the male passengers do when the locomotive break down?

• They had to get out & push the train to the next town.

• They had to get out & then go back to push the other passengers out of the locomotive.

• They had to get out & go to the next town.

• They had to get out & find a conductor from the next town.