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What invention by Robert Fulton helped spark interest in canal and river transportation in the early 1800s?
Group of answer choices

The canal lock

The railroad locomotive

The National Road

The steamboat

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The steamboat.

Fulton's successful steamboat (the Clermont, 1807) demonstrated reliable upstream river travel, spurring interest in canal and river transportation.