Towns Along the Mississippi River in 1850
• Vicksburg, Mississippi
Memphis, Tennessee
• New Orleans, Louisiana

The invention of the steamboat helped establish these cities as —

major centers of commerce

Explanation: steamboats were known for transporting goods and also moving people around, commerce means transportation of goods and large scale of them

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Explanation: major centers of commerce

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