1. Westward Bound
Section 2

2. Population Growth First Census---1790 4 Million living in the U.S
1820 Census—10 Million people
,139,947 Million People
2007 New Jersey Million

4. Moving West
Traveling west was not easy Mile Trip from NYC to Buffalo could take 3 weeks
Roads and Turnpikes
Private companies built turnpikes, or toll roads. Fees to use roads helped pay for construction.
National Road by 1818 Vandalia, Illinois to Maryland

6. River Travel
ADVANTAGES---More comfortable, can load more goods for transportation
DISADVATAGES---Most rivers flowed North to South, NOT East to West, Traveling upstream was VERY difficult and slow
Robert Fulton develops a steamboat with a powerful engine (1807)
Steamboat Clermont makes the trip from NYC to Albany in 32 hours---previously it took 4 days
Shipping goods becomes cheaper and faster

7. Robert Fulton’s Clermont

8. Canals Businessmen want to link up New York City with the Great Lakes
They decide to build a Canal---artificial waterway
363 Mile Erie Canal—controlled by a series of Locks
By ,600 miles of canals in the USA
Lowered the cost of shipping goods

11. Western Settlement Americans move westward in waves
Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio added to the Union in
Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri
Tended to settle along rivers so they could ship crops to market—canals allowed people to live further from the rivers