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Steamboats were important because they were of a lighter weight than huge ships like the Queen Mary. Steamboats were easy to navigate on the Mississippi River in the early days of the United States so that cargo could be sent north or south. The railroads had not been built yet.
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What kind of boat played an important role on the Mississippi river?
Steamboats
Are there steamboats in Reno?
No steamboats
What technological innovation was most important for settlers living in west Texas in the 1800s?
Steamboats
What was the benifet of steamboats when compared to flatboats?
steam boats were more important and reliable then flatboats
What technological innovations was most important for settlers living in West Texas in the late 1800s?
Steamboats
What rhymes with steamboats?
There are no perfect rhymes for the word steamboats.
What are disadvantages of steamboats?
Steamboats cost a lot of money to maintain
What are facts about steamboats?
Steamboats are used to carry good and large products
How did steamboats change transportation?
Steamboats were faster than sail boats.
Why did they make steamboats instead of normal steamboats?
because it was time before they didn't know NORMAL steamboats but......a normal steamboat is still a steamboat
What is the impact of steamboats today?
It affects bcuz there are steamboats and cruise ships today
What problems with steamboats prompted the government to regulate steamboats?
800 of the 1300 steamboats made had blown up by the early 1900s due to faulty high pressure boilers
