Transportation RevolutionJulie Lee&Adam SzafranskiPer. 7

Table of Contents

Steamboat Era

American Railroads

Transportation Effects

• Robert Fulton and the Clermont

• Peter Cooper, Steam Train, and Railroad Tracks

• Coal, Timber, People

Steamboat Era• Robert Fulton tested

steamboat designs

• Clermont = First Commercial

Steamboat

• Steamboat = high demand

Steamboat Era Pictures

Steamboat Era Pictures cont.

Steamboat MovieWhat to notice…

• Who invented the steam engine?

• How did the steamboat help?

• Where steamboats were used

• Click HERE

American Railroads• Peter Cooper built

the first train

• Railroad tracks guided trains

• Steam trains powered by Steam

American Railroad Pictures

American Railroads Website Tour

• Very Resourceful

• Very Informative

• Very helpful

Click HERE

Transportation Effect FactsTransportation Effects

•Logging industry Expanded

•Coal = New power source

•Railroads = Population growth

Transportation Effect Pictures

Transportation Revolution Review

• Clermont = First Steamboat

• Coal replaced wood

• Trains powered by steam

• Robert Fulton tested steamboats

• Logging industry expanded

• Peter Cooper built trains

CitationsHistory Book – United States History

Independence to 1914 – March 21-29, 09

American Railroads HERE – March 15, 09

History of Steamboats HERE – March 15, 09

Wikipedia – Transportation HERE - March 15, 09

Google - Peter Cooper HERE – March 15, 09

Steamboat HERE – March 15, 09

Songs

Owl City – Early BirdyTransportation Song - Peter Weatherall

I’m Working on the Railroad - ChipmunksIDKAYBICTD – Forever the Sickest Kids

She’s Got The Rhythem - The Summer SetSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious - juulie