Deck 4: Transportation Revolutions

Question 1

Which of the following was not a benefit of a unified transportation system to the early United States?

A) easier military movement
B) greater state government control
C) increased economic growth
D) national unity

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The earliest turnpike roads were built by

A) state governments.
B) the federal government.
C) the British government.
D) private entrepreneurs.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The federal government's role in building infrastructure was controversial because

A) it might make mistakes.
B) it might spend too much money.
C) it was unconstitutional.
D) that might give it too much power.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The first major canal to be built with state funds was the

A) Santee.
B) Middlesex.
C) Hudson.
D) Erie.

Question 5

The steamboat era in the United States was inaugurated on which river?

A) Hudson
B) Delaware
C) Potomac
D) Charles

Question 6

The court case Gibbons v. Ogden set the precedent that only the federal government could regulate

A) construction of infrastructure.
B) interstate commerce.
C) monopolies.
D) technological advancements.

Question 7

The first functional railroad in the United States was the

A) Granite Railroad.
B) Delaware and Hudson.
C) Baltimore and Ohio.
D) Charleston and Hamburg.

Question 8

In the early United States, roads were commonly the responsibility of __________.

Question 9

The first state to charter a turnpike company was __________.

Question 10

The power source that allowed the creation of new forms of transportation was __________.

Question 11

Monopolies over __________ were so valuable they were challenged in court.

Question 12

Most early railroads were owned by __________.

Question 13

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in __________.

Question 14

Railroads were eventually supplanted by __________.

Question 15

Most commerce in the 18th century moved by water.

Question 16

By 1800, most roads in the United States were paved.

Question 17

Roads were the most important form of transportation throughout the 19th century.

Question 18

Canals were an important part of American infrastructure throughout the 19th century.

Question 19

Canal building created economic growth.

Question 20

Robert Fulton is the unquestioned inventor of the steamboat.

Question 21

Early railroad transportation was extremely undependable.

Question 22

How did Native American inhabitants of the Atlantic seaboard create an agricultural system? How did the agricultural system of European settlers differ from theirs? How did Europeans adopt Native American systems to survive?

Question 23

How did industrialization begin in America? What factors made American industry different from European industrial systems?

Question 24

How did steam power revolutionize American industry and systems of transportation?