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Describe the development of improved methods of nineteenth-century domestic transportation. Identify the ways in which roads, canals, and railroads impacted Americans’ lives in the nineteenth century. Americans in the early 1800s were a people on the move, as thousands left the eastern coastal states for opportunities in the West.
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The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads. These collective advances in technology became known as the Transportation Revolution. This increase in American industrialization in the nineteenth century directly influenced the rapid settlement of the West.
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Journey though the history of the United States to learn how transportation changed American lives and landscapes. See behind-the-scenes stories about collecting and preparing objects for the exhibition.
Over the past 200 years, the evolution of a transportation mode typically has followed a sequence that included invention, demonstration, testing, evaluation, introduction into regular service, public acceptance, and ultimately the creation of totally new transportation services.
Carriages played a key role in the transportation revolution that transformed almost all areas of American life. In turn, changes in transportation influenced the design, production, and use of horse-drawn vehicles.
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By the eighteenth century, the quickening of business and political affairs in Western European nations was reflected in improvements in transportation and communication. In North America, the Post Office Act of 1792 inaugurated a new era in communication.
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Apr 7, 2022 · Throughout U.S. history, changes in transportation technology have fueled the nation’s growth and shaped how its citizens live and work. A new primary source set from the Library of Congress documents some of the various modes of transportation used, illustrating how they have changed over time and their impact on American life.
