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Transportation Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the year congress first approved funds for a national road?

a)

1790

b)

1806

c)

1821

d)

1906

2.

This river let lumber and other goods be shipped to other northwest territories?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Lake Erie

c)

Hudson River

d)

Missouri River

3.

This canal cut traveling time from 17 days to 36 hours?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

New York Canal

c)

Pennsylvania Canal

d)

Oxford Canal

4.

After 15 years of this harbor being built it was more popular than the Boston, Baltimore, and New Orleans combined?

a)

Ohio Harbor

b)

Boston Harbor

c)

New York Harbor

d)

Georgia Harbor

5.

This was the year the first national road was made from St. Louis to Maryland?

a)

1930

b)

1806

c)

1831

d)

1830

6.

This was the fastest way to travel from location to location in early 1800s?

a)

Canals

b)

Rivers

c)

Horse

d)

Walking

7.

When did the transportation revolution occur?

a)

1806-1830

b)

1890-1960

c)

1760-1860

d)

1790-1860

8.

What percentage of New York was within 20 miles of a canal?

a)

80%

b)

90%

c)

75%

d)

85%

9.

How many miles per hour could the first train go?

a)

15 mph

b)

18 mph

c)

28 mph

d)

40 mph

10.

Because of the Transportation Revolution, what state is the Financial Center of the U.S.?

a)

Maryland

b)

New York

c)

New Jersey

d)

Ohio

11.

Who launched a steamboat on the Hudson River?

a)

Karl Benz

b)

Tom Thumb

c)

Albert Gallatin

d)

Robert Fulton

12.

Before the transportation revolution, how did people get from place to place

a)

Buggy, bicycle, car

b)

Horse, train, airplane

c)

Boat, train, walking

d)

Horse, walking, buggy