Lesson plan 13 erie canal student
- 1. Erie Canal and Industrialization Do you know what a canal is? Why is transporting goods important?
- 2. 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
- 4. 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 ___________ ___________ )
- 7. 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)
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. 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.
- 12. 3. Robert Fulton Invents the Steamboat (1807) - boats can now move ___________ ____ the ___________ and Mississippi Rivers against the current result =___________ & ___________ shipping = ( U.S. economy)