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US History Chapter 7
7.1 Advances in transportation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wilderness Road | Road cut by Daniel Boone from Virginia through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky |
| National Road | First federally funded road, stretching from Maryland to Illinois |
| Erie Canal | Canal connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River to Albany, New York |
| Robert Fulton | Inventor from Philadelphia who perfected the steamboat |
| clipper ship | A type of sailing vessel with many sails whose hull "clipped" the waves, thus allowing increased speeds |
| Commodore Matthew Perry | He was ordered by President Millard Fillmore to go to Japan to establish diplomatic and trade relations |