Erie Canal and Industrialization

Do you know what a canal is?Why is transporting goods

important?

Early Transportation in New York and U.S.

1. Turnpikes

- early ___________, built by private companies

- people had to pay a ___________to use them

- ___________ and poorly built

2. Erie Canal (1798-1819)- built so ___________ New York could

ship goods east to the Port of New York City (___________ ___________ )

- NY Governor ___________ Clinton wanted to build the canal

- many mocked Clinton because they thought it was impossible to build (called it “___________ ___________ ”)

a. Labor Problems- not enough ___________ - ___________ immigrants were hired

right off the boat from Ireland to dig the canal

- many Irish are ___________ and ___________ ___________

- some Irish die of ___________ when they have to dig through swampland (Mosquitos)

b. New Technology Used- ___________ Puller = new invention

to pull out tree stumps- ___________ = water bridge used to

carry the canal over rivers (Romans)

- Locks = used to level the canal over uneven ground

- Industrial ___________ = used to blast through rocks at Lockport

c. Results of the Erie Canal- cost of shipping goods cut from

$______ a ton to $___ a ton- time to ship goods across N.Y. cut

from ___________ ___________ to 5 days

- population of the west ___________ – immigrants from NYC use the canal to go through mountains to Buffalo and across Lake Erie to Northwest Territories

c. Results of the Erie Canal cont..- ___________ National unity between

eastern & western U.S.- New York State ___________ – towns

like ___________ , ___________ , & ___________ become cities

- NYC becomes largest city in U.S.

3. Robert Fulton Invents the Steamboat (1807)

- boats can now move ___________ ____ the ___________ and Mississippi Rivers against the current

result =___________ & ___________ shipping= ( U.S. economy)