Across
- 4. The western edge of settlement, opened by major roads like the Wilderness Road
- 6. A new idea or method that marked the Jacksonian era's spirit of growth
- 8. Samuel Morse's invention that used electrical impulses to send messages over distances
- 9. Last name of the artist who developed a groundbreaking electrical communication device
- 10. Benjamin Franklin held this general title for the new nation's mail service
- 12. These tracks provided faster, more weather-resistant travel than canals
Down
- 1. Roads financed by private companies that collected a usage fee
- 2. A major area of improvement alongside communication, crucial for settling western lands
- 3. Peter Cooper's "Tom Thumb" was an early steam-powered version of this
- 5. An artificial water highway, often featuring a system of locks
- 7. Robert Fulton's Clermont popularized these vessels for inland river travel
- 11. Water compartments within canals used to adjust boat levels