Multiple choice
Changing NY
Industry
More industry
100
Who changed travel by inventing the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
100
Erie Canal helped businesses boom and lowered the cost of shipping  ___________________
goods
100
What revolution changed the way goods were made
Industrial revolution
100
What city had natural salt springs
Syracuse
200
Early roads in New York were often ______________ cut through forests.
dirt paths
200
What became the busiest port in the US?
New York City
200
What city was known for using graphite and wood to manufacture pencils. 
Ticonderoga
200
Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
300
What were necessary so farmers in western and central New York could ship goods cheaply and easily
Canals
300
The Erie Canal made trade easier between eastern New York and the _________________
midwest
300
Who was famous for Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
300
who wrote Hans Brinker
Mary Mapes Dodge
400
Builders of what canal faced challenges like tree stumps and swamps
Erie Canal
400
What became more popular than canals because they were faster
railroads/trains
400
What city was a great location for factories due to its location near the Erie Canal, Hudson River and railroads
Troy
400
What was invented in the early 1800s
the steamboat
500
What were built along the Erie Canal to move boats higher and lower
Locks
500
what put an end to the canal age
trains
500
What city was known as the flour city
Rochester
500
What was invented that hardened under water to help build the Erie Canal
cement
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