| A | B |
| Transportation Revolution | A period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation |
| Clermont | First full-sized commercial steamboat |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | court case where the federal government's authority to regulate trade between states by ending monopoly contral over water ways |
| Robert Fulton | Designer of 1st Steamboat |
| Peter Cooper | Built a small but powerful locomotive call the Tom Thumb |
| Coal | Main source of power for locomotives |
| Steel | Used to make tracks for trains |
| City Growth | Caused by railroads coming to a region |