(7) Early Industry in the United States

By 1861, fifty thousand miles of telegraph lines reached from the East Coast to California.

True

Cincinnati, New Orleans, Louisville, and St. Louis grew from steamboat trade.

True

Colonial goods were hauled by horses.

True

Railroads caused increased production in other industries.

True

The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie with the Hudson River in New York, was finished in 1825.

True

The national road built in 1811 was the Cumberland Road.

True

Before 1811, roads badly needed improvement.

True

The success of the Erie Canal helped make New York a shipping giant.

True

The telegraph allowed voice communication between cities.

False

The Cumberland Road was a concrete road.

False

telegraph code

Morse Code

America's first national road

Cumberland

joined Lake Erie with the Hudson River

Erie Canal

Steamships allowed goods to be shipped downstream for the first time.

False

steam-driven locomotive

Peter Cooper

Clermont

Robert Fulton

allowed businesspeople to keep in touch with trends

Telegraph