As a teenager, Abraham Lincoln used a flat raft to transport farm goods down the Mississippi River to sell them in New Orleans. At the end of the trip, he would have to walk back to his home in the North.
Why might a young Lincoln may have been impressed by seeing a steamboat? (Choose two.)
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O A steamboat could travel upstream or downstream, while a flat raft could only travel downstream.
O Steamboats were very safe methods of travel at this time.
O A steamboat was faster than a flat raft.
Correct answers:
- A steamboat could travel upstream or downstream, while a flat raft could only travel downstream.
- A steamboat was faster than a flat raft.