USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The problem of traveling upstream was solved during the Industrial Revolution by the steam engine. In 1807, Robert Fulton built the first commercial steamboat. It used steam power to travel upstream. Steamboats were soon used to transport people and goods along rivers throughout the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most important inventions in the Second Industrial Revolution include the telegraph, the telephone, the modern lightbulb, the assembly line, the automobile, aircraft, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -The era of the steamboat began in the late 1700s, thanks initially to the work of Scotsman James Watt. In 1769, Watt patented an improved version of the steam engine that helped usher in the Industrial Revolution and spurred other inventors to explore how steam technology could be used to propel ships.

Detailed explanation-4: -The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution. It was a simple device that used boiling water to create mechanical motion to be utilized in useful work.