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When was the steamboat invented?
1807
What was the fastest and cheapest way to travel in the 1800's?
steamboats
What new overload method of transportation improved travel in the 1840's?
railroads
Canals connected the Great Lakes with several rivers leading to what major river?
Mississippi River