Improved Transportation Systems

turnpike

A main highway

true

Because of increased trade, better transportation became more important.

false

Flatboats could go upstream or downstream without difficulty.

flatboats

Most of the settlers traveling to the West floated on _____ whenever possible.

false

Ocean and river travel was fast but not dependable.

true

The farmer and manufacturer both profited from improved transportation.

false

The stagecoach provided comfortable and rapid transportation.

Ohio River, Mississippi River

The two western rivers used most often were the:

true

Travel in the early 1800s was much the same as it had been during colonial times.

fires, hidden obstacles in the water, collisions, swift currents, changing channels

What made travel on a steamboat dangerous?

Robert Fulton

built the steamboat Clermont

Nicholas Roosevelt

built the steamboat New Orleans

Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike

first highway

corduroy roads

log roads

National Road

ran from Cumberland to Vandalia

Wilderness Road

ran from Kingsport to Kentucky River

turnpikes

toll roads