APUSH – CH. 14
TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION
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Read pages 309-316 and complete the following:
1.
HIGHWAYS - Describe the advances in highways in the 1790s-early 1800s and their
impact in opening up the West.
What obstacles were encountered in western road building?
2.
STEAMBOATS - Describe Fulton’s success with the steamboat. What advantages did it
bring?
What were the disadvantages to steamboat travel?
What impact did steamboats have on opening up the West and South?
3.
CANALS – Explain the benefits of canals, how they operated, and where the principal
canals were in the country.
Describe the building and impact of the Erie Canal.
What were the political and economic effects of the canal craze?
4.
RAILROADS – Describe the early railroads. What advantages did they have over other
means of transportation?
What building obstacles were faced by railroads?
What political obstacles were faced in railroad building?
When and where will be the primary era of the Railroad Revolution?
5.
Briefly describe the other means of communication and transportation developed in the
early 1800s.
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Trans-Atlantic cable:
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Clipper Ships:
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Pony Express:
What brought an end to the clippers and Pony Express?
6.
FULLY explain the impact of the Transportation Revolution and how it bound the
nation together.