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Formal Roads
» Turnpikes» Maintained by private companies» At various points, people needed to pay to use
them
» Corduroy Roads» Made in swampy areas» Created with logs» Kept wagons from sinking into mud, but…» They were very bumpy!
Roads/Highways
» Advantages» Could be built
anywhere» Travel during
every season» Cheapest » Travel at own pace
» Disadvantages» Couldn’t carry as
much» Slowest!
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The SteamboatThe Steamboat• This new invention changed water travel forever
– First created by John Fitch
• Demonstrated capabilities to Constitutional Convention
• He opened a ferry service with it, but his business failed
– Robert Fulton successfully used a steamboat
• Clermont served as a ferry on the Hudson River• 300 mile trip in 62 hours
• This new invention changed water travel forever – First created by John Fitch
• Demonstrated capabilities to Constitutional Convention
• He opened a ferry service with it, but his business failed
– Robert Fulton successfully used a steamboat
• Clermont served as a ferry on the Hudson River• 300 mile trip in 62 hours
The SteamboatThe Steamboat
• Advantages– Cut travel time– Easily travel upstream– Could carry large
amounts of goods– Cheap$$$$$$
• Advantages– Cut travel time– Easily travel upstream– Could carry large
amounts of goods– Cheap$$$$$$
• Disadvantages– Technology not
perfected yet
• Explosions & fires were common(boom)
– Had to follow the path of a river
• Couldn’t go everywhere
• Disadvantages– Technology not
perfected yet
• Explosions & fires were common(boom)
– Had to follow the path of a river
• Couldn’t go everywhere
CanalsCanals
• Man-made waterways– Like rivers
• A few existed early on– They were very short– Used to connect things very close together
• Man-made waterways– Like rivers
• A few existed early on– They were very short– Used to connect things very close together
Canal BoomCanal Boom
• Erie Canal– “Clinton’s Ditch”
• Plan to link Hudson River (New York City) with Lake Erie• DeWitt Clinton (NY Governor)
– Work began in 1817• Much dug by hand• Bridges over rivers• Complete in 1825
– End Result• Success!• Travel costs were 1/20 the original cost!!!• This encouraged others to make canals
• Erie Canal– “Clinton’s Ditch”
• Plan to link Hudson River (New York City) with Lake Erie• DeWitt Clinton (NY Governor)
– Work began in 1817• Much dug by hand• Bridges over rivers• Complete in 1825
– End Result• Success!• Travel costs were 1/20 the original cost!!!• This encouraged others to make canals
CanalsCanals
• Advantages– Could connect any two
bodies of water– Linked places that
otherwise couldn’t have been linked
• Advantages– Could connect any two
bodies of water– Linked places that
otherwise couldn’t have been linked
• Disadvantages– Expensive to build– Difficult to build– Froze during the
winter (sometimes)– Slower than river
travel
• Disadvantages– Expensive to build– Difficult to build– Froze during the
winter (sometimes)– Slower than river
travel
Effects on People/Economy
• Allowed for farmers to profit• Allowed for greater western expansion• New cities were formed• Costs of travel and shipping dropped• Communication improved
Map Activity MSQMap Activity MSQ Use the map on page 306 titled, “Major Canals”
1. Which canal helped connect Pittsburgh to the East Coast?
2. The Erie Canal was created to connect what two major bodies of water?
3. Explain why the canals on this map for the most part were connected to the Great Lakes. Answer this from both a logistic perspective and also for practicality.
Use the map on page 306 titled, “Major Canals”
1. Which canal helped connect Pittsburgh to the East Coast?
2. The Erie Canal was created to connect what two major bodies of water?
3. Explain why the canals on this map for the most part were connected to the Great Lakes. Answer this from both a logistic perspective and also for practicality.