Steamship — main improvement?
Reduced crossing time and increased safety.
Steamship — main improvement?
Reduced Atlantic crossing time to about 1 week.
Railways — role?
Connected regions, sped internal and port travel.
Railways — role?
Connected regions, sped up travel, enabled migration.
Clyde shipping firms — function?
Operated global passenger networks for emigrants.
Internal migration — facilitator?
Railways provided rapid access to ports and cities.
Travel time reduction — impact?
Made emigrating quicker and more affordable.
Reasons Scots emigrated — factors?
Economic opportunities, land issues, emigration societies.
Funding emigration — methods?
Charities, aid organizations, and personal savings.
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1. Who is credited with the technological progress that improved steamship travel in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
2. By 1914, approximately how long did it take for a steamship to cross the Atlantic from Glasgow to North America?
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