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$100 Question from H1

What was the exact date the first boat sailed on the Erie Canal?

$100 Answer from H1

October 26, 1825

$200 Question from H1

What was the name of the boat that first sailed on the Erie Canal?

$200 Answer from H1

Seneca Cheif

$300 Question from H1

How long (in miles)was the Erie Canal in 1825?

$300 Answer from H1

363 miles

$400 Question from H1

How wide was the Erie Canal when it first opened?

$400 Answer from H1

40 feet

$500 Question from H1

How many miles did the Seneca Chief travel AND why was that longer than the Erie Canal was?

$500 Answer from H1

500 miles were traveled because there was a wedding of the waters. Water from Lake Erie was joined with water from the Atlantic Ocean.

$100 Question from H2

What were the names of people who rode the mules that pulled the boats on the Erie Canal?

$100 Answer from H2

Hogges

$200 Question from H2

What role did the mothers and daughters have while traveling on canal boats?

$200 Answer from H2

Cooking and helping care for the boat.

$300 Question from H2

How many hours a day did the hoggees ride a mule that would pull the boat in the Erie Canal?

$300 Answer from H2

6 hours a day. They also spent time cleaning, feeding, and caring for the animals.

$400 Question from H2

What type of boats went up and down the canal carrying animals to put on shows in different towns.

$400 Answer from H2

Circus Boats

$500 Question from H2

What role did fathers and sons have on a canal boat?

$500 Answer from H2

Males operated boats, handled work animals, and unloaded cargo.

$100 Question from H3

Enormous spools pulled stumps of trees out of the ground to build the canal. How large were they?

$100 Answer from H3

14 feet wide

$200 Question from H3

What resource did Canvas White use that made cement dry quickly?

$200 Answer from H3

Limestone

$300 Question from H3

What method was used to cut down trees before a stump puller?

$300 Answer from H3

Axes

$400 Question from H3

What was the name of the state that had thick forest?

$400 Answer from H3

New York State

$500 Question from H3

Name another method used besides axes and stump pullers to clear forests.

$500 Answer from H3

Burning forest

$100 Question from H4

What kind of insect gives you malaria?

$100 Answer from H4

Mosquito

$200 Question from H4

Name two dangers you heard depicted in the passage.

$200 Answer from H4

Flooding, malaria, rattlesnake bite,ship wreck, quicksand, long repairs,water frozen, closed for months

$300 Question from H4

What kind of snake was a danger on the canal?

$300 Answer from H4

Rattlesnake

$400 Question from H4

Predict what would happen if a lock overflowed?

$400 Answer from H4

Flooding or shipwreck

$500 Question from H4

What do you think black gun powder was used for?

$500 Answer from H4

Exploding the land, instead of having to dig by hand.

$100 Question from H5

Name one of the other canals that join the Erie Canalway National Herritage Corridor.

$100 Answer from H5

Champlain, Oswego, Cayuga-Seneca Canals.

$200 Question from H5

How many miles does the canal cover today?

$200 Answer from H5

524 miles

$300 Question from H5

Give one reason why the canal needed to be widened?

$300 Answer from H5

To have access for larger boats, to ship more goods.

$400 Question from H5

Name a large city that developed along the canal.

$400 Answer from H5

Utica, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, etc.

$500 Question from H5

Name a recreational activity people began to use, do the creation of the Erie Canal system.

$500 Answer from H5

Fishing, canoeing, hiking, biking, cruising, etc.

Final Jeopardy

What man’s vision helped create, maintain, and succeed at creating the Erie Canal?

Final Jeopardy Answer

Clinton DeWitt

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