Question

Which of these methods of transportation was the most common method of shipping and travel in America between 1860 and 1900? A) air travel B) the railroad C) the steamboat D) the interstate highway system

Answer 1

Early 19th-century America was a rapidly expanding nation and its people constituted a highly mobile population, pushing further west into newly opened lands, blazing trails and clearing passages for others to follow. However, as the number of westward migrants increased, the small trails could not accommodate the heavy traffic, nor did the existing modes of transportation facilitate quick and easy access to the nation's interior. For the people, inadequate transportation was more of a stumbling block than an actual hinderance to the settling of western territories. For the nation, the absence of good transportation prevented its ability to transport goods and produce from the interior to Eastern markets at reasonable costs. Thus, the future of American's economic system depended upon the nation's ability to design and construct a network of transportation systems that extended from the small villages of the interior to the centers of commerce, manufacture, and trade. To respond to its serious needs, America embarked upon a course of internal improvements and technological developments, labeled by historian George Rogers Taylor as "the transportation revolution."

Internal Improvements in National Politics

The nation experienced a transportation boom in the early 19th century as a result of three major events: (1) the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, which increased the land holdings of the United States by some 568 million acres, essentially doubling the size of the nation; (2) the War of 1812, which brought attention to the need for communication with and security for the interior portions of the nation; (3) the westward migration, which required the ability to handle people and goods between the East and new western settlements and which also resulted in an emerging political base in the West with which the Eastern establishments had to deal.

Answer 2

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⏩ option C is correct
C) the steam boats ✔️
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