Steamboats provided cheaper and faster transportation that influenced westward migration in the United States. Robert Fulton invented the steamboat, which became a primary mode of transportation on rivers and canals during the period of westward expansion. Canals and river routes served as important transportation arteries for settlers moving west.

1. What Kind of Cheaper and Faster Transportation Influenced Westward Migration? The steamboat

2. I chose this picture because it was a steam boat and steamboats were the faster and cheaper transportation influencing westward migration.

3. I chose this picture because it was of Robert Fulton. Robert Fulton is the man who created or invented the steamboat.

4. I chose this picture because it was one of the main transportation routes or canals in the middle of westward expansion.