1800s Transportation

3. Railroads were initially opposed by this group, which warned about "concussion of the brain."
8. Despite turnpikes, the cost of transporting goods by land remained high. It cost more to transport goods over land than to ship goods to this continent.
9. Steamboats could travel upstream and downstream on this type of waterway.
11. States like New York and Pennsylvania spent millions building these to help transport goods.
12. This type of transportation was faster than stagecoaches, canal boats, or steamboats by the 1830s.
13. Canal This major canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
14. In 1838, Pennsylvania spent millions on building this type of road.
15. This U.S. state spent $10 million to build a canal connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

1. The construction of the Erie Canal required workers to build 84 of these, which raised and lowered barges.
2. This type of transport was cheaper than land transport before steamboats.
4. A one-horse cart in New Jersey was charged this much per mile.
5. The first American-built trains used this source of power.
6. This type of road was common in early America and often muddy and bumpy.
7. In 1791, the first major toll road was built between Philadelphia and this city.
10. Before the 1800s, the main form of land transport was this slow vehicle.
11. Before steamboats, shipping upstream was difficult because it depended on this.