History
When did they start building the Erie Canal? (year)
What is 1817?
What is 8 years?
What two cities did the canal connect?
What is Albany and Buffalo New York?
What two bodies of water did the Erie Canal connect?
What is Lake Erie and the Atlantic Ocean?
How deep was the Erie Canal?
What is 4 feet deep?
What year was the Erie Canal finished?
What is 1825?
How much did it cost to build the canal?
A. around $2 million
B. around $7 million
C. around $100 million
What is B (around $7 million)?
What is a towpath?
The path that animals such as horses would pull the barges along.
True or False
The towns along the canal did not grow rapidly.
False, the towns did grow rapidly because of all the boat traffic going in and out.
Why do they have locks along the Erie Canal?
What is to help raise or lower boats so that they can continue to move along the Erie Canal?
Who was the man who spent years trying to get the project approved?
Who is the New York governor Dewitt Clinton?
How was the canal paid for?
What is taxes on people in New York to travel and ship goods on it?
True or False
Water transportation along the canal was easier, cheaper, and faster than land travel.
True
True or False
New York was nicknamed the Empire State in the early 1800s because it was the poorest state in the country.
New York State was the richest state at that time.
Where did they start building the Erie Canal?
What is Rome?