WORLD 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: -At the beginning of the century, U.S. citizens and immigrants to the country traveled primarily by horseback or on the rivers. After a while, crude roads were built and then canals. Before long the railroads crisscrossed the country moving people and goods with greater efficiency.

Detailed explanation-3: -Steamboats allowed people to travel upstream on rivers as well as downstream, which made transportation much faster and easier. The steam engine moved a paddlewheel that moved the boat in the water. Steam locomotives and railroads began to be built in the U.S. in the 1830s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Because of the steam engine, businesses could transport products and goods more effectively, and people were able to explore and transport to areas outside of their communities. The steam engine gave rise to industrialism. At first, there was the steamboat, which was able to transport goods via water ways.

Detailed explanation-5: -The steam engine turned the wheels of mechanized factory production. Its emergence freed manufacturers from the need to locate their factories on or near sources of water power. Large enterprises began to concentrate in rapidly growing industrial cities.