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Do Now: You are DeWitt Clinton, the 6th governor of NY and you
are looking to make New York State the most prosperous state of the
United States. Currently, New Orleans is the US #1 center of
commerce.
How can you transform NYS into the US #1 commercial center?Aim:
How did the Erie Canal impact the United States?
Think pair shareHow can you transform NYS into the US #1
commercial center?
Early 1800s Transportation
Travel Times, 1800 and 1857 The transportation revolution
dramatically reduced travel times and vastly expanded everyones
horizons. Improved roads, canals, and the introduction of
steamboats and railroads made it easier for Americans to move, and
made even those who did not move less isolated. Better
transportation linked the developing West to the eastern seaboard
and fostered a sense of national identity and pride.5
How did the Transportation Revolution impact the United
States?
Travel Times, 1800 and 1857 The transportation revolution
dramatically reduced travel times and vastly expanded everyones
horizons. Improved roads, canals, and the introduction of
steamboats and railroads made it easier for Americans to move, and
made even those who did not move less isolated. Better
transportation linked the developing West to the eastern seaboard
and fostered a sense of national identity and pride.6
How did the Transportation Revolution impact the United
States?
The economic transformation of America in the early 1800s was
linked to dramatic changes in transportation networks. Investments
in roads, turnpikes, canals, and railroads led to
the expansion of marketsfacilitated the movement of
peoplesaltered the physical landscape of the US. Why might some
Americans have opposed the developments in transportation
Who was opposed to the transportation improvements?
Southern States believed the improvements benefitted only the
northern states.
Strict constructionists like the 7th president Andrew Jackson
who vetoed a Road Bill because he felt the federal government
should not finance internal improvements located solely within a
single state.
AssessmentBetween 1800 and 1830, the National Road and the Erie
Canal were built to connect which regions? Atlantic Coast and
MidwestSouth and New EnglandPacific Coast and Gulf CoastGreat
Plains and Rocky Mountains
How did completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 affect United
States commerce? New York City lost business as manufacturing
centers grew in the West. United States exports to European
countries declined. Western farmers gained better access to East
Coast markets. The Midwest became the center of textile
production.
One major result of the completion of the Erie Canal was that
the population of Rochester fell shipping on Lake Champlain
decreased manufacturing along the canal declined New York City
became the nations commercial center
What was an immediate effect of the completion of the Erie Canal
in 1825? Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic
Coast. Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets. A
territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes.
Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates.
Information on the graph supports the conclusion that the Erie
Canal slowed migration to the Midwest replaced railroads as the
main method of transportation improved transportation between the
Hudson River and the Great Lakes relied on the development of
steamboats for canal use
Based on the map, the Erie Canal contributed to theDecisions to
restrict immigrationIncrease in population in upstate NYSettlement
of New EnglandAcquisition of land from Canada
Closure:
Create a newspaper headlineWrite an informational paragraph
about how the Erie Canal impacted NYS.