Travel by Steamboat
Is it a fact or opinion that the steamboat was faster than other boats of the time?
fact; the text states that smaller boats tried to keep up but couldn't.
Most early roads were made of this material.
Dirt.
This governor of New York helped make the canal happen.
The canal made if easier to move these two things
goods and people
This is a road people paid to use, and it was necessary for improving travel in the 1800s.
turnpike
How do you know water transportation was important to New Yorkers in the early 1800s? *Hint* What was there reaction?
People were excited to see the steamboat.
Workers covered roads with these materials to help wagons move.
Wooden planks or logs.
1817
The Erie Canal helped towns do this
Grow
This is the money people had to pay, and it was necessary to keep roads in good condition.
toll
How did the steamboat affect water travel in the 1800s?
They made water faster.
People did not have to pay tolls if they were traveling for this reason.
Going to church or a funeral.
This problem made building the canal difficult between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
Different elevations
A town that grows very quickly.
Boomtown
This structure was necessary to raise or lower boats in a canal.
locks
People did this to travel the steamboat?
Toll prices depended on this .
It depended on the type of vehicle used.
The Erie Canal helped New York grow in this way.
Economically (business/trade)
Was building the Erie canal a necessary change for New Yorkers?
Yes, because people needed a better way to travel and to transport goods across the state.
This machine became necessary for faster land travel *Hint: train engine
locomotive
"He thought it would change how people traveled" is whose opinion?
Robert Fulton
Turnpikes helped improve travel by doing this.
Making roads better/safer to use.
What were 3 challenges that the workers building the Erie Canal had to face?
1. different elevations
2. hilly
3. in some places workers had to worry about snakes and mosquitoes
These 3 cities became boomtowns.
* Buffalo
* Utica
* Rochester
This path along the canal was necessary for animals or people to pull boats.
towpath