USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the nineteenth century, the steamboat would become the preeminent form of commercial and passenger transportation on the nation’s great rivers such as the Mississippi, the Ohio, and the Hudson.

Detailed explanation-2: -In America during the 19th century, the invention of the steam engine dramatically improved shipping by water and created a new transportation industry-the railroad.

Detailed explanation-3: -Waterways and a growing network of railroads linked the frontier with the eastern cities. Produce moved on small boats along canals and rivers from the farms to the ports. Large steamships carried goods and people from port to port. Railroads expanded to connect towns, providing faster transport for everyone.

Detailed explanation-4: -The invention of the railroad and the steam powered locomotive opened up a whole new world in transportation. Now trains could travel wherever tracks could be built. Transportation was no longer limited to rivers and canals.