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Transportation Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Peter Cooper create?

a)

water frame

b)

steamboat

c)

train

d)

sewing machine

2.

What was the name of Peter Cooper's train?

a)

Teleport Tom

b)

Tom Thumb

c)

Choo-Choo

d)

Clermont

3.

What was the name of Robert Fulton's steamboat

a)

Clermont

b)

Tom Thumb

c)

Sally Steamboat

d)

Full Speed Steamy

4.

Gibbons v. Ogden was a lawsuit over what?

a)

stemboats

b)

wagon parts

c)

train routes

d)

waterway rights

5.

What invention changed how transportation happened?

a)

wood

b)

steam

c)

water power

d)

wind

6.

What was NOT a change from railroads?

a)

towns grew

b)

farmers farmed less

c)

goods were shipped faster

d)

people traveled

7.

What was the name of the steamboat designer who tested his first design in Europe and then later his full-sized one in the United States?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Aaron Ogden

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Thomas Gibbons

8.

The Tom Thumb won the race with the horse?

a)

False

b)

True

9.

The expansion of railroads changed the environment?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What fuel did coal replace as the main power source?

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

wood