How did the steamboat change America life?

Steam-powered boats traveled at the astonishing speed of up to five miles per hour. They soon changed river travel and trade. These great steam-powered boats also played an important role in America's westward expansion. Eventually, other forms of transportation became more profitable than steamboats.

The steamboat not only moved people, but also goods. ... With the high demand in goods and fuel for these boats; along came thousands of jobs in the coal mines and in the factories. The steamboat also led to thousands of new settlement across America's rivers, including the huge boom of Indiana's Ohio River Cities.

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