Match the following.

1. log roads
National Road
2. toll roads
Nicholas Roosevelt
3. first highway
Robert Fulton
4. ran from Cumberland to Vandalia
Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike
5. ran from Kingsport to Kentucky River
turnpikes
6. built the steamboat Clermont
corduroy roads
7. built the steamboat New Orleans
Wilderness Road

1 answer

Here are the correct matches for the given items:

  1. log roads - corduroy roads
  2. toll roads - turnpikes
  3. first highway - Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike
  4. ran from Cumberland to Vandalia - Wilderness Road
  5. ran from Kingsport to Kentucky River - Nicholas Roosevelt
  6. built the steamboat Clermont - Robert Fulton
  7. built the steamboat New Orleans - (This one does not match with any in the list; the builder of the New Orleans steamboat is also usually credited to Robert Fulton. If it's referring to a different builder, please clarify.)

Thus, the corrected matches are:

  1. log roads - corduroy roads
  2. toll roads - turnpikes
  3. first highway - Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike
  4. ran from Cumberland to Vandalia - Wilderness Road
  5. ran from Kingsport to Kentucky River - Nicholas Roosevelt
  6. built the steamboat Clermont - Robert Fulton
  7. built the steamboat New Orleans - (best matched with a similar reference to Robert Fulton)