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MOVING WESTWARD

Chapter 9/ Section 2

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What was considered "the West" in the early 1800's? The land between the Appalation Mountains and Missippi (Ohio)
What role did Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania have in people moving west? There were loading animals and wagons onto flat boats to journey down the Ohio river.
What were some of the problems that western settlers might have faced in their journey's westward. The problems that they might of had were carrying such heavy supplies, and traveling with currents and also high and low tides. narrow trails, barley fit a single wagon. there were also many tree stumps.
What are turnpikes? Roads built by a private company that charges a toll th use it.
What are corduroy roads? Roads made of logs.
Although river travel was faster and cheaper than road travel, it had problems as well. What were some of these problems? Moving up-stream was very difficult, they had to push against the currents, and had to haul the boat ashore.
What was Robert Fulton's contribution to this era of moving west? He built his own steam boat, The Clermont on the Hudson River.
How could steam boat travel be treacherous or dangerous? Sparks from smokestack could cause fries, as the steam boat captains raced each other along the river high pressure boilers sometimes explode!
What is a canal? artificial channel filled with water to allow boats to cross a stretch of land.
Who was De Witt Clinton, and what was his contribution to canal building? He was the New York governor. He persuaded state landmarks to provide money for the Erie Canal.
How did your transportation systems in the Untied States compare with those in France? American's could easily ship goods from the Western frontier to any part of the country. France was a mush smaller country, many large towns could not be reached by road at all!
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