Name the inventor of the Steamboat & describe the significance of the steamboat.
What would be an ideal response?
Robert Fulton successfully developed a first commercial Steamboat
Significance:
1) Replaces and supplement flatboat
2) Add two-ways river transportation
3) lower the cost of transportation (split the cost between farmers) because farmers to bring back manufactured goods.
You might also like to view...
What was true of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
A. It provided for the complete separation of commercial banking from investment banking. B. It provided for federally insured deposits in reopened banks. C. It put the responsibility for reopening banks into the hands of state examining boards. D. It provided for the reopening of banks that were solvent and the reorganization of those that were not.
Which of the following ideas was considered by Parliament to be basic to the British theory of government?
A. The wisdom of governmental policies may not be questioned. B. Parliament may exercise absolute authority over all colonial possessions. C. The king's power is absolute. D. All British subjects are entitled to individual representation in Parliament.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In 1992, unemployment rose as family income stagnated. 2. The United Nations endorsed the U.S. invasion of Panama but denounced Operation Desert Storm. 3. The growth of public tolerance of homosexuality was among the most striking changes in American social attitudes in the last 20 years of the 20th century. 4. By 2000, more than 3 million Muslims resided in the United States. 5. President Bill Clinton was impeached but not convicted or removed from office.
Discuss the causes and consequences of the First and Second Barbary Wars.
What will be an ideal response?