Moving West - Chapter 11, Lesson 2

An official count of a population

• census

• capitalism

• democracy

• patent

a toll road

• capital

• turnpike

• interstate

• canal

Inventor of the steamboat

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Jefferson

• Robert Fulton

• Elias Howe

Boats are raised and lowered in a canal using a system of _______.

• elevators

• mechanical boat lifts

• locks

• levees

These roads were built in muddy or swampy areas by laying logs side-by-side.

• canals

• log flumes

• turnpikes

• corduroy roads

The ___________ was the first road built with money from the federal government.

• Federal Road

• Wilderness Road

• National Road

• Vandalia Road

People moving west often settled on or near

• rivers.

• railroad tracks.

• factories.

• the Atlantic Ocean.

Boone built Wilderness Road through the ________________.

• Warrior's Path

• Cumberland Gap

• National Road

• Erie Canal

What is a canal?

• steamboat
• waterway built by people
• immigrant
• explorer

Which one is NOT a reason how steamboats changed river travel?

• transportation easier and more comfortable

• shipping goods were cheaper and faster

• river cities grew

• shipping goods were more expensive