1. Section 2 (Westward Bound)

2. Westward Bound Census: official count of the population
First census of U.S. (1791): 4 million people
Second census (1820): 10 million people
Major movement west of Appalachians

3. Westward Bound Turnpikes: Toll roads River Travel
Made of crushed stones
National Road (1818): Turnpike which connected Ohio and Illinois to the East
River Travel
Faster than land travel
Problems
Rivers moved N to S, not E to W
Traveling upstream by barge was dangerous & slow

5. Westward Bound Robert Fulton: Invented Clermont (1807)
Steamboat with a powerful engine
Carried Cargo and Passengers
Navigated from New York to Albany by Hudson River
Only took 32 hours (sail boats would have taken 4 days)

7. Westward Bound Steamboat benefits
Shipping goods became cheaper & faster
Growth of Cincinnati & St. Louis

8. Westward Bound Canals- Artificial waterways
Erie Canal- From Albany (connected to Hudson River) to Buffalo (Lake Erie)
Consists of locks- separate compartments where water levels were raised or lowered
Steamboats dragged by team of horses

11. Westward Bound Movements to the West
First wave in 1803: Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio
Second wave : Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, & Missouri became
These territories became states

13. Westward Bound Movements to the West Dramatic growth
Ohio in ,000 settlers
Ohio in ,000 settlers