1. Why do you think that the Transportation Revolution was inevitable (consider the concept of the Industrial Revolution in your answer)? Improvements in transportation enabled… to travel rapidly and efficiently. 5. What two new modes of transportation largely contributed to the Transportation Revolution? Name _______________________ Date ______________ Pd. ______ Transportation Revolution – Ch. 12 sec. 3 Answer questions 1-14.

6. Who is Robert Fulton? 10. In what ways did railroads affect the economy of the United States? 12. Explain what shift occurred with respect to certain natural resources.. (Name the natural resources and why the shift occurred.) 13.How were the railroad and steel industries interrelated? 7. What was the Clermont and its significance? 8. Steamboats enhanced travel and communication throughout the United States. New cities and towns cropped up along waterways across the US. How did those people and goods then travel across land? 11. Steamboats and railroads made getting goods to distant markets much easier and less costly. People in all areas of the nation now had access to products made and grown far away. More than ever before, there was a national economy. The wealth, however, was centered in the ________________________ (directional part of the country). 9. What physical obstacles did railroad construction in the United States face? 14.How were trade and business affected by the Transportation Revolution?