| A | B |
| Transportation Revolution | rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel |
| Robert Fulton | tested the first steamboat engine |
| Clermont | first full-sized steamboat |
| Gibbons v Ogden | reinforced the government's authority to regulate trade between states |
| Peter Cooper | built a locomotive called the Tom Thumb |
| steamboat | boat that used steam power, could travel upstream |
| Tom Thumb | small but powerful locomotive |
| coal | fuel source that was more efficient than wood |