New Roads, Canals, and Railroads in Early-19th-Century America: The Transportation Revolution
Author: Ray, Kurt
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2607
Points per Word
0.000192
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This book explores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.