LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
THE TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION TURNPIKES TO STEAMBOATS TO RAILROADS
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Steam boat
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Steam Locomotive
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ships
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cars
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Detailed explanation-1: -Steam-powered boats traveled at the astonishing speed of up to five miles per hour. They soon changed river travel and trade. Before long, more steamboats worked the rivers than the old flatboats. Steamboat travel was dangerous.
Detailed explanation-2: -The steam engine meant that humans no longer had to power the boat themselves, and movement upstream became much easier. As a result of this new technology, river travel increased even more over time. The first steamboat to travel on the Ohio River was named the New Orleans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Steamboats proved a popular method of commercial and passenger transportation along the Mississippi River and other inland U.S. rivers in the 19th century. Their relative speed and ability to travel against the current reduced time and expense.
Detailed explanation-4: -The steam engine used the power of boiling water. That invention made it possible for boats to go much faster. Before long, steam engines were used in railroads, too. These trains could go even faster than steamboats.