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WorksheetsTransportation During Westward Expansion
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the name of the road that connected Ohio to the East in 1811.
Long Road
National Road
Westward Road
Ohio Road
What did pioneers use for transportation along the Oregon Trail?
A railroad train
Steamboats
Flatboats
Covered wagons
People used rivers and _______ to ship goods because it was fastest and cheapest way to ship goods.
The ocean
Streams
Canals
Covered wagons
This became the most heavily traveled road in the U.S. because it was wide, paved with flat stones, and long.
Westward Road
American Road
Stone Road
National Road
Which of the following was first used to transport freight along the Erie Canal?
Steamboats
Flatboats
Cargo ships
Canoes
What connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River making transportation of goods easier?
The Hudson Bridge
The Erie Canal
The National Road
Railroads
This invention turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.
Railroads
Telegraph
Steamboats
Mechanical reaper
Why was transporting freight by steamboat better than by flatboat?
Flatboats could travel upstream and downstream, while steamboats could only travel one way, downstream.
Both flatboats and steamboats could travel upstream and downstream, however steamboats were better for the environment.
Steamboats were lighter for horses or oxen to pull along the canals.
Steamboats could travel upstream and downstream, while flatboats could only travel one way, downstream.
Which of the following created even more change for transportation after wagons, steamboats, and barges in canals?
Steam locomotive
Cargo ships
Covered wagons
Flatboats
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
Gave people safer transportation
Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship
Opened new land for exploring and settlements
Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship
