| A | B |
| flatboat | A large wooden raft with a small cabin |
| keelboat | A round bottomed boat with the front curved into a point |
| sailboat | A keelboat with sails |
| steamboat | A boat that had paddles and a steam engine |
| canal | A waterway made by people |
| lock | Allowed boats to travel up and down hilly country. A water elevator for a boat. |
| railroad | Steam-powered engines that moved on iron or steel tracks. |
| immigrant | A person who moves into a county from another place. |