Asked by fernanda

Why couldn't travelers travel by steamboat across the Appalachian Mountains?

A. No one would give them a hall pass
B. The mountains were scary
C. There were no rivers

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
C. There were no rivers.

Steamboats need continuous, navigable waterways. The Appalachian Mountains are rugged with steep valleys and divides, so there were no rivers suitable for steamboat travel across them.