Vocabulary
Money paid to use the turnpike.
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**Tell me about Robert Fulton.
He invented the steamboat and was the first to successfully get it working.
** Tell me about the early roads in New York...
Dirt paths cut through the forest.
True or False?
**The Erie Canal was easier but more expensive than roads for shipping goods.
FALSE.
** How did the Industrial Revolution change the way goods were made?
People began to manufacture goods in factories using machines.
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**What is New Yorker Washington Irving most famous for?
Rip Van Winkle.
** What was the purpose of building locks along the Erie Canal?
To move boats higher and lower to meet changing water levels.
True or False?
**One reason why railroads became more popular than canals for travel and shipping goods is because they were faster.
TRUE!
What year did they start building the Erie Canal? When did they finish?
Started 1817. Finished 1825.
A road travelers pay to use.
Turnpike
** Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans?
James Fenimore Cooper.
** Tell me some of the problems the builders faced while building the Erie Canal.
Trees and stumps were in their way.
They had to dig through swamps of mosquitoes and snakes.
New York was not flat.
They had to blast through solid rock.
True or False?
Trains could not travel to as many places as canal boats could.
FALSE!
** What is the main reason why the city of Troy became a great location for factories?
It was near the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, and railroads.
A time in history when there was a change in the way goods were made.
Industrial Revolution
** Who was Mary Mapes Dodge?
Writer of Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates.
**What is the main reason why there was a need for canals in New York?
Farmers in western and central New York needed to ship goods easily and cheaply.
True or False?
New York City produced clothing but often had trouble finding people to work in its factories.
FALSE!
How wide was the canal? How deep? How long?
40 feet wide, 4 feet deep, 363 miles long.
Canal
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Erie Canal- What was this sometimes called?
Canal- A waterway built by people.
Erie Canal- A waterway sometimes called "Clinton's Ditch"
Tell me about DeWitt Clinton- who is he?
Governor of New York. He began building the Erie Canal.
** What is the MAIN reason that NYC became the busiest port in the US after the Erie Canal was built?
The canal made trade between eastern New York and Midwest easier.
True or False?
Work on the Erie Canal began on July 4, 1817, in Schenectady.
FALSE- it began in Rome.
What was the name of the boat that DeWitt Clinton and other New York leaders traveled on to celebrate the completion of the Erie Canal?
Seneca Chief.