History: Robert Fulton and the Steamboat
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What makes it hard for a boat to go up rivers?
Currents
How would steamboats help the economy of the new America?
It makes shipping goods faster and easier.
Why would the steamboat be important on the Mississippi river?
It makes shipping goods faster and easier.
What did Robert Fulton study for his career?
Painting
Why do you think the number of steamboats on the Mississippi River increased so much between 1820 and 1860?
Population of people increased in that area, and more supplies were needed
Fulton's steamboats moved fast because they had to do what?
They had to go faster than water currents to go upstream rivers
Who invented the steam engine?
a man named Watt