The Transportation Revolution New Forms of Transportation improved Business, Travel, and Communication in the United States

Key Terms and Key People Key Terms Transportation Revolution Clermont Gibbons v. Ogden Key People Robert Fulton Peter Cooper

Cross Country Trips The Transportation Revolution in the 1830’s and 1840’s New Innovations Connected Waterways and Shortened the Shipping Times and Costs for Businesses The Inventions of the Steamboat and Steam Powered trains let people, goods, and information to travel Quickly

Full Steam Ahead The Steamboat, the Clermont, created by Robert Fulton, created transportation that could travel upstream Not reliant on wind power, Steamboats allowed for more goods to be shipped and traded more quickly By the 1840’s over 500 steamboats were in use by the United States, by the 1850’s steamboats were carrying people and products over the Atlantic Ocean

A story long before Sully Increased Steamboat Usage led to Increased problems on waterways Aaron Ogden said he owned the rights to use the New York Waterways with his steamboats Thomas Gibbons, from New Jersey, claimed he also had the rights to use the New York Waterways In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court Decided that ONLY the Federal Government had the right to regulate Interstate Trade and freed up all waterways for more trade and shipping

Train(ing) Wheels In the 1830’s Peter Cooper Brought the concept of a Steam Locomotive to the United States and by the 1840’s there were over 2,800 miles of track Americans were able to improve the Railroad System by creating trains that could travel up and down mountains, around tight curves, and over rivers By the 1860’s the united States had over 30,000 miles of railroad track linking almost every major eastern city together The United States had More railroads than any other country in the world and could send goods all over the United States

If the Train should Jump the Tracks…. Trains Averaged over 20 Miles Per Hour and were 10 times as fast as wagons Railroads also increased American Travel Allowing Westward Expansion to Increase Railroads also had dangers such as rolling off the tracks, train crashes, and steam engine explosions

Steel magnolias Trains led to more trade, increased wealth in the north, westward expansion, and city growth Trains also led to the growth of the coal industry as they used coal for power, but also increased coal power for homes and businesses and the coal mining industries in the United States The Coal industry also lead to the production of Steel which would be used to make machines factories and train tracks Steel tracks led to an increase in railroads which led to more steel factories, and more steel farm equipment which led to increased farming leading to more railroads

Chicago vs. Cleveland Agan! As the Railroad Industries Grew so did the Logging Industry in the United States Timber could be used to build houses, furniture, and make paper More Logging led to more housing, but also more deforestation for farms and cities Railways allowed Midwest cities like Chicago and Cleveland to grow in population and industry

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