us history ch 13.3
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U.S. HistoryChapter 13: Industrial Growth in the North
Section 3: The Transportation Revolution
New Ways to Travel•Transportation Revolution
–Period of rapid growth in the speed & convenience in travel
–Created a boom in business
New Ways to Travel•Roads, canals built
•New inventions
–Steamboat–Railroad
New Ways to Travel•Shipping times reduced
–1817: shipping cargo from Cincinnati, OH to New York, NY took two months
–1850s: One week
New Ways to Travel•Shipping costs reduced
–Overland: $100 to ship a load of goods by land across NY state
–Canal: $5
The Steamboat•Steamboat: one of the first breakthroughs of the transportation revolution
The Steamboat•Robert
Fulton: inventor who developed a steam-powered boat
Robert Fulton
The Steamboat
•1803: tested a steamboat in FranceFulton demonstrating his
steamboat to Napoleon Bonaparte
The Steamboat
• Clermont: full-sized commercial steamboat
The Steamboat•Advantages:
–Move quickly against the current–Did not rely on wind power–Shorter travel time, reduced costs
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)• Thomas Gibbons:
operated a steamboat between NJ & Manhattan using a federal license
• Did not have a state license from NY
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)• Aaron Ogden: had
been granted a monopoly on the steamboat business by NY state
• Ogden sues GibbonsAaron Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
•Supreme Court rules in favor of Gibbons
–Assertion of Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce
–Federal law overruled state law
American Railroads• 1800s: Steam-
powered trains developed in Britain
• 1830: Peter Cooper builds the Tom Thumb
Peter Cooper
American Railroads
• Steam-powered trains became popular after Cooper raced the Tom Thumb
against a horse-drawn railcar
American Railroads•1840: 2000 miles of track laid
•Engineers built faster, more powerful locomotives
•Accidents common because engineers would travel too fast
American Railroads•1860: 30,000 miles of track laid
•Shipping goods to distant markets
•Helped cities grow
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