SECTION 2 WESTWARD BOUND CHAPTER 10 GROWTH AND EXPANSION

Moving West Growing population needs room  1790 – 4 million  1820 – 10 million Need to find better ways of travel  363 mile trip from NYC – Buffalo, NY took 3 weeks  Today – 6 ½ hours

On land Roads (corduroy) – logs put side by side Turnpikes – toll roads – fees paid for construction National Road - now “I- 70” – a military necessity

By water Advantages  More comfortable  Carry more stuff Problems  Most major rivers run north and south  Traveling upstream difficult and slow Steam boats of the s didn’t have enough power to move upstream in major rivers

Robert Fulton 1807 Built the Clermont New York to Albany in 32 hours (using sails – 4 days)

Steamboat = Changes Improved passenger transport Shipping goods cheaper 1812 – regular steamboat service on Mississippi Growth of river cities  Cincinnati  St Louis 1850 – 700 steamboats were carrying cargo and people throughout the US

Erie Canal Connect NYC with Great Lakes Hudson River – Lake Erie 365 miles Built lock – separate sections to change water levels 2 years to complete Opened October 26, 1825

Locks

Canals = Change 1850 – 3,600 miles of locks in the US Lowered cost of shipping Linked East and Midwest

Population distribution New states  Remember need 60,000 to petition for statehood  Vermont  Kentucky  Tennessee  Ohio New states  Indiana  Illinois  Mississippi  Alabama  Missouri White population west of Appalachian Mts  1800 – 387,000  1820 – 2.4 million