:describe the following major changes in transportation. make sure you include important people involved in how it change the economy using true facts. 1. railroads 2. canals 3. roads

Railroads allowed for the transport of material between nations and also allowed the transportation industry to grow so people could get from places like New York to San Francisco in a matter of days instead of the weeks is would have taken before.

Canals allowed for nations to move supplies much faster like for example the Suez canal allowed people going from Europe and the Mediterranean to go to Asia much faster because they didn't need to go around Africa

Roads in the modern sense allowed for people to drive between cities much faster and allowed for the transportation of good much easier for example you could go from Atlanta to DC in the about a day wall it would have taken much longer before hand 

Important people 
Richard Trevithick built the first train in 1804

Teddy Roosevelt helped open the Panama Canal 

And Dwight Eisenhower was the president who approved the building of the highways that connect all the continental US