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Web Code: nca-0711
Invention or Innovation | Political, Economic, or Social Effect(s) |
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Toll roads | Expanded transportation routes |
Steamboats | Allowed faster travel, shipping, and upstream movement |
Canals | Expanded transportation routes; improved commerce by linking farms to cities; opened new regions to settlement |
Railroads | Cost less to build than canals and could move farther and faster, and carry more weight; connected East and West |
Textile mills | Provided jobs; increased the speed of producing textiles |
Interchangeable parts | Made possible the efficient production of a wide range of manufactured goods |
Case | Issues | Outcome of Decision |
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) |
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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) |
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Web Code: ncp-0713