1. Westward Bound

2. The first census was taken in 1790. The population was four million.
Census: the official count of a population
The first census was taken in The population was four million.
Thirty years later, the population had more than doubled to about 10 million. 1 2 3 4

3. In the late 1790’s, the 363 mile trip from New York City to Buffalo, NY could take as long as three weeks.

4. 5. First Wave of Settlement: began before the 1790’s and led to 4 new states:
Vermont Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee

5. 6. Second Wave of Settlement: began between 1816 and 1821 and led to 5 new states:
Indiana Illinois
Mississippi Alabama
Missouri

6. Farmers could ship their crops to market.
Pioneers settled along great rivers such as the Mississippi River and Ohio River. Why?
Farmers could ship their crops to market.

7. What were some social events people enjoyed?
Men: Sports, ex. Wrestling
Women: Quilting and Sewing
Both: Cornhusking

8. Why did the nation need inland roads? For travel and shipment of goods
Road Travel
   Why did the nation need inland
roads? For travel and shipment of goods
Private companies built private roads, or turnpikes.

9. The state of Ohio asked for a road to connect it to the East.
Congress approved funds for a National Road in 1806 but it was not finished until 1818.

10. Advantages over Road Travel
River Travel
Advantages over Road Travel
Disadvantages
Far more comfortable
Easier to transport goods on river (if downstream)
Most rivers did not flow east to west, where most goods were headed
Traveling upstream by barge was very difficult

11. What is the name of Fulton’s 1st steamboat? the Clermont
· Robert Fulton developed a steamboat with a powerful engine.
What is the name of Fulton’s 1st steamboat? the Clermont

12. Advantages of the Steamboat:
        This steamboat could travel 150 miles in 32 hours when it usually took 4 days.
        Advantages of the Steamboat:
Greatly improved transportation along inland rivers
Shipping became cheaper and faster
Contributed to growth of cities like St. Louis

13. Canals
Officials needed a way to tie the eastern and western part of the U.S. together. Dewitt Clinton came up with a plan to link New York City with the Great Lakes.

14.      A canal, or artificial waterway, would be built connecting Albany, NY on the Hudson River with Buffalo on Lake Erie.
This new canal was named the Erie Canal.

15. Where were many of the builders from? Ireland
What hauled boats and barges? Mules and horses

16. 1850, the U.S. had more than 3,600 miles of canals.
Canals lowered the cost of shipping goods, brought prosperity to towns along their routes, and helped unite the growing country.