WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Steamboats allowed travel upstream in rivers across the United States.
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Wagon trains moved large numbers of people across the United States.
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Automobiles allowed travel to be cheaper across the United States.
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Airplanes allowed travel to be faster across the United States.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It led to increased exploration and settlement by opening up two-way river transportation. The steamboat would travel from New York City to Albany in 32 hours, while regular sailing ships and other boats would take almost four days to complete the trip.
Detailed explanation-2: -While snagboats helped remove one of the dangers facing steamboats, many others existed. Two of the biggest dangers were Indian attacks and boiler explosions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The steam engine gave people another way to travel besides boat, horse drawn wagon or land. Steam engines did not only help failing cities like Baltimore from going bankrupt because of the huge competition with the Erie Canal but gave this cities income from letting people travel through their cities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Compared to other types of craft used at the time, such as flatboats, keelboats, and barges, steamboats greatly reduced both the time and expense of shipping goods to distant markets. For this reason, they were enormously important in the growth and consolidation of the U.S. economy before the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.