Quiz  /  Transportation

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

  • Automobile
  • Railroad
  • Steamboat
  • Animal

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

  • Great Canal
  • Grand Canal
  • Erie canal
  • Panama Canal

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

  • Steam engine
  • Spinning mule
  • Cotton gin
  • Telegraph

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

  • Months
  • A week
  • 10 hours
  • 1 to 2 days

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

  • Elevator
  • Cotton gin
  • Telegraph
  • Railroad

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

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 7. 
    Who built the first commercially successful steamboat?

  • Robert Fulton
  • Eli Whitney
  • Thomas Edison
  • John D. Rockefeller

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

  • First Transcontinental Railroad
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  • Stockton and Darlington Railroad
  • San Francisco and Boston Railroad

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

  • Roads
  • Railroads
  • Canals
  • Steamboats

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

  • FALSE
  • TRUE
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