Asked by Ishowpeed

• invented by Robert Fulton in the early 1800s
• could easily move upstream
• used by immigrants and other settlers to move west
• used to ship large of goods over long distances

Which type of transportation is described in the box above?
A.
flatboats
B.
submarines
C.
steamboats
D.
speedboats

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
C. steamboats

Robert Fulton’s steamboat (Clermont, 1807) made upstream travel practical and reliable, enabling faster transport of people and large quantities of goods for westward migration and long-distance trade.