1. Bell Ringer 4/15
How did the Industrial Revolution indirectly help cause the Civil War?
How did the Industrial Revolution change the labor force (people who are working) in the U.S.?

2. Erie Canal Video What is the Erie Canal?
How did it affect American Society?

3. Lesson 6: Transportation Innovations

4. US circa 1810

5. Internal Improvements
Innovations in transportation
Wide variety of ways to travel now

6. What was the famous canal discussed earlier?
Canals
Man-made channels of water
Used for transporting goods and people
Connected cities like never before
What was the famous canal discussed earlier?

7. Steam Boats Steam powered engines Invented by Robert Fulton 1807
Much faster than a paddle

8. Why might dropping shipping costs be important?
Railroads
Why might dropping shipping costs be important?
Trains changed the way we travel over land
Dropped the cost of shipping by 60%
Helped expand the West

9. National Road 1st major road built by the US Connected several states
Helped settlers move Westward

10. Ipad Time Finish your Web Quest and turn them in.
Go back to my website under the “Industrial Revolution” folder and click on Urban Game