MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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airplanes
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steamboats
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steam locomotives
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of these had the BIGGEST influence on speeding the transportation of goods and people in the early decades of the 1800s? steamboats; They existed a few decades before locomotives, and were widely used on major rivers in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The steam locomotive. The first steam-powered locomotive to carry paying passengers was the Active (later renamed the Locomotion), designed by English engineer George Stephenson, which made its maiden run in 1825.
Detailed explanation-3: -The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads. These collective advances in technology became known as the Transportation Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Railroads became a major industry, stimulating other heavy industries such as iron and steel production. These advances in travel and transport helped drive settlement in the western regions of North America and were integral to the nation’s industrialization.