American Transportation

GROUP NAMES: Jessah Perez, Emely Alcantar, Esme SotoDATE: 2-25-10

PERIOD: 7

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Table of Contents

Transportation Revolution

Steamboat Era

American Railroads

Transportation Effects the Environment

Technological Inventions

Communication

Farm Equipment

Home Devices

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Transportation Revolution

1800’s the U.S experienced the Transportation Revolution

New methods of transportation were invented

Reduced the shipping time and cost

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Transportation Revolution Pictures

HISTORY PICTURETOPIC #1

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Transportation Prices Building a Railroad

Steamboat Era1803 Robert Fulton

tested first steamboat

August 9,1807 Clermont put to the test

Demand for steamboat ferry’s soon arose

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Steamboat Era Pictures

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American Railroads

1830 Peter Cooper built first locomotive

Engineers and mechanics enhanced locomotives

Farmers sent goods to distant markets

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American Railroad Pictures

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Slaves at Work A Railroad

Transportation Effects the Environment

Logging industries expanded

Lumber items became primary product

Removing trees to place on a large scale

PICTURE

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Transportation Effects the Environment

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Technological Inventions

1832 Samuel F. B. Morse perfected the telegraph

Alfred Lewis Vail developed Morse code

Thousands of miles were added of telegraph in 1850

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Telegraph and Morse code

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Communication

Morse code was developed for communication

A device that could send information

Information for businesses, government, etc.

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Communication with Morse Code

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Farm Equipment◦ 1837 John Deer invented

the steel plow

◦ 1831 Cyrus McCormick developed a new harvesting machine

◦ 1851 Isaac Singer improves the sewing machine

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Farm Equipment

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Iron Plow Harvesting Machine

Home Devices Elias Howe first invented

the sewing machine

1830’s iceboxes were invented

Iron cook stoves replaced cooking fires

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Home Devices

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Cook Stove Ice Box

Transportation Revolution Transportation

changed how America got around

Trees got cut in large rates

Products were in more demanded

Transportation Revolution Movie

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Study Guide Title

1. True/False: Samuel F.B. Morse invented the steel plow

2. Fill in the blank: Isaac Singer then made improvements to ______ design.

3. Multiple choice: American Railroads were first built in

a)1845 b)2010 c)1830 d)8080

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Isaac SingerJohn DeerCyrus McCormick

7. What was the Morse code invented for ?

Steel PlowPerfected sewing

machineHarvesting machine

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Railroad effects