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Transportation Revolution
Directions: Please answer the following questions by first utilizing your peers “Transportation S’mores.” After viewing
all “Transportation S’mores,” you may then use other resources (i.e. – textbook, Internet, etc.) if necessary.
American Railroads
1) Differentiate British railroads with American railroads.
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2) Contrast wagon travel with locomotive travel.
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3) How much growth occurred in the railroad industry between 1840 and 1860?
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Steam Transportation
1) How did the steamboat forever alter river travel?
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2) Why did the steamboat have such an impact on the American economy?
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3) What impact did the case of Gibbons v. Ogden have on water travel?
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Traveling by Road
1) Compare road of the early 1800s with present-day roads.
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2) Provide an example and description of one early road constructed in the United States.
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