Railroads and Steamships: Important Developments in American Transportation
Author: Murdico, Suzanne J.
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2310
Points per Word
0.000216
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This book explains how industrialization prompted the need for long-distance transportation in nineteenth-century America, and looks at the development of the steam locomotive, cross-country railroads, and the steamship.