Transportation Revolution

Question 1

Transportation Revolution (early 1800s)

Answer 1

A period of major improvements in travel and trade. Made goods cheaper and faster to transport

Question 2

Why did the Transportation Revolution happen?

Answer 2

• Faster travel = faster trade = Economic Growth
• Connected different regions of the U.S.
• Helped westward expansion

Question 3

Steamboat (1807)

Answer 3

Robert Fulton built the first ever steamboat, Clermont; made river travel faster & cheaper

Question 4

Canals

Answer 4

Erie Canal (1825): Connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, boosted trade in NYC

• Improved trade, goods move faster which means cheaper

Question 5

Railroads

Answer 5

More railroads = faster movement of the people and goods (especially in the North)

Question 6

National Road (1811-1837)

Answer 6

First major highway built by the U.S. government

• Expanded trade & settlement, improved transportation to western states

Question 7

Impacts of the Transportation Revolution

Answer 7

• Increased trade& connected different regions
• Boosted westward expansion (easier to move west)
• Helped spread Industrial Revolution inventions

Question 8

Turnpikes (Toll Roads)

Answer 8

First major roads built to improve travel

Question 9

Steam Locomotive (Train)

Answer 9

Revolutionized land travel

Question 10

Clipper Ships

Answer 10

Fast sailing ships that boosted overseas trade

Question 11

Effects of Railroads

Answer 11

• Connected the North, South, & West (faster movement of goods & people)
• Helped settle the West
• Weakened Native American resistance (pushed the off land)