The Industrial Nation: Early Industry in the United States 6

Much of the new manufacturing production in colonial America was in textiles, iron, and leather.

True

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

True

Railroads caused increased production in other industries.

True

Telegraph code

Morse

Before 1811, roads badly needed improvement.

True

The national road built in 1811 was the Cumberland Road.

True

The telegraph allowed voice communication between cities.

False

The Cumberland Road was a concrete road.

False

Clermont

Fulton

Steam-driven locomotive

Cooper

America's first National railroad

Cumberland

Joined Lake Erie with the Hudson River

Erie canal

Colonial goods were hauled by trains.

False

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

False

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

False

Allowed business people to keep in touch with trends

Telegraph