WorksheetsTransportation Revolution
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
This is the year congress first approved funds for a national road?
1790
1806
1821
1906
This river let lumber and other goods be shipped to other northwest territories?
Mississippi River
Lake Erie
Hudson River
Missouri River
This canal cut traveling time from 17 days to 36 hours?
Erie Canal
New York Canal
Pennsylvania Canal
Oxford Canal
After 15 years of this harbor being built it was more popular than the Boston, Baltimore, and New Orleans combined?
Ohio Harbor
Boston Harbor
New York Harbor
Georgia Harbor
This was the year the first national road was made from St. Louis to Maryland?
1930
1806
1831
1830
This was the fastest way to travel from location to location in early 1800s?
Canals
Rivers
Horse
Walking
When did the transportation revolution occur?
1806-1830
1890-1960
1760-1860
1790-1860
What percentage of New York was within 20 miles of a canal?
80%
90%
75%
85%
How many miles per hour could the first train go?
15 mph
18 mph
28 mph
40 mph
Because of the Transportation Revolution, what state is the Financial Center of the U.S.?
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Who launched a steamboat on the Hudson River?
Karl Benz
Tom Thumb
Albert Gallatin
Robert Fulton
Before the transportation revolution, how did people get from place to place
Buggy, bicycle, car
Horse, train, airplane
Boat, train, walking
Horse, walking, buggy
