1. What was a typical form of transportation before the Industrial Revolution?

2. What canal connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?

3. What invention helped boats to travel much faster upstream against the current of a river?

4. How long did it take to travel across the United States prior to the Industrial Revolution?

5. What new mode of transportation allowed people to travel across the country in a much shorter amount of time?

6. True or False: Canals were used to connect rivers, lakes, and oceans using manmade waterways.

7. Who built the first commercially successful steamboat?

8. What railroad connected the east coast and west coast of the United States?

9. What form of transportation did the macadam process improve?

10. True or False: Transportation became slower and more difficult as a result of the Industrial Revolution.