Americans Move Westward Chapter 11 section 2 Pg.337.

transcript

Americans Move WestwardChapter 11

section 2

Pg.337

section 2 Setting the Scene

Pg.337

Western Routes

Chapter 11

section 2

Americans Move WestwardTraveling West

Pg.337

Chapter 11

section 2

Americans Move WestwardWestern Routes

Pg.337

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.337

The Great Wagon Road

The Wilderness Road

The Cumberland Gap

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.337-338

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.337-338

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.337-338

Flatboats were used to move people and goods in the rivers instead of using the poorly

made roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.337-338

made roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.337-338

made roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.337-338

For years, Americans had been pushing farther and farther west in search of better farm land than could be found in New England.Many settlers chose to settle in the Ohio River

Valley. There were two main paths or trails that settlers used at first: The Great Wagon Road which connected to The Wilderness Road which led settlers through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky and Tennessee. Settlers took other ways, including rivers or the

Great Lakes if they were going around the Appalachian

Mountains instead of over them.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.338

Americans Move WestwardNew States

So many people were moving west at one time that the population of the original 13 states actually declined or went down. This allowed for the addition of eight new states bringing the total up to 22.

Flip up and write underneath

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.338

Americans Move Westward

Improvements to Roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.338

Improvements to RoadsSome of the early roads (if you can call them that) were only wide enough for one wagon. They were often muddy and tree stumps were left behind which could damage a wheel or axle. As more people moved west, American needed to improve its roads.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.338-339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.338-339

Improvements to RoadsOne improvement was the turnpike or toll road. Private companies (at first) and later the government made roads with gravel and flat, top stones to make travel smoother and faster, but you had to pay a fee to use them. Out in the wilderness, people built corduroy roads made of logs to get over swampy, muddy, sections of trails.

Turnpikes and Corduroy RoadsA turnpike was a road built by a private company

that charged a toll to travel on them. They used a gate or turnpike to stop the travelers at certain points to pay the toll.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Turnpikes and Corduroy RoadsA turnpike was a road built by a private company

that charged a toll to travel on them. They used a gate or turnpike to stop the travelers at certain points to pay the toll.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Turnpikes and Corduroy Roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Turnpike or Toll Road

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Turnpike or Toll Road

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Americans Move WestwardImprovements to Roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.329

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.329

The Lancaster Turnpike

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.329

The Lancaster Turnpike

The Lancaster Turnpike that linked Philadelphia with the city of Lancaster was a smooth gravel road with flat stones on top.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.338

Americans Move WestwardThe Lancaster Turn Pike (Pennsylvania)

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Corduroy Material Corduroy Road

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Corduroy Roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Corduroy roads were built from trees laid across the road. They were found mostly in rural areas and made to get across muddy areas. They were much easier and cheaper to make than a gravel road.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Americans Move WestwardTurnpikes and Corduroy Roads

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Americans Move WestwardThe National Road

The National Road was the first road in the United States paid for by tax money. This started the trend of government funded highways that we still use today.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Americans Move WestwardThe National Road

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Americans Move WestwardSteam Transport

Flatboats were great for hauling goods downstream, but it took a long time to paddle, push, or pull them back upstream.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Fitch and Fulton

All the way back in 1787, John Fitch showed people a plan for how a steam engine could power a boat. He eventually built one, but his business was unsuccessful.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Fitch and Fulton

Much later, Robert Fulton, probably inspired by Fitch’s ideas also built a steamboat named The Clermont. His steamboat business became a success.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Fitch and Fulton

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

The Age of Steamboats

Inspired by Fulton’s success, soon many other steamboats were built and were chugging up and down America’s rivers hauling passengers and cargo.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

The Danger of Steamboats

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.339

Collisions

Explosions

Newcomen Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

Newcomen Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

Watt Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

Boiler for Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

This is NOT in the textbook, but without the steam engine, there would be no

steamboat

The Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

This is NOT in the textbook, but without the steam engine, there would be no

steamboat

The Steam Engine

Chapter 11

section 2

Video Break

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.340

Americans Move WestwardThe Canal Boom

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.340

Americans started building canals to connect rivers together and to connect rivers to lakes because you could carry more and heavier cargo quicker, cheaper, and easier than using wagons on roads.

Chapter 11

section 2

A Canal Boom

Canal = an artificial channel filled with water that connects two bodies of water.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.340

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.340-341

Americans Move WestwardBuilding the Erie Canal

Thomas Jefferson

New Yorkers wanted to connect their rivers, the Mohawk River and Hudson River with the Great Lakes. The only way to do that was to dig a series of canals about 350 miles long.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.340-341

New Yorkers wanted to connect their rivers, the Mohawk River and Hudson River with the Great Lakes. The only way to do that was to dig a series of canals about 350 miles long.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.340-341

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.341

Dewitt Clinton Governor of New York

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.341

Dewitt Clinton Governor of New York

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.341

To make the job go quicker,

a stump-puller

was developed.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.341

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.341

An Instant Success

Even though some people though it couldn’t (or shouldn’t) be done, New York Governor, DeWitt Clinton convinced people to go ahead with the Erie Canal project. When it was finished, it was a great success.

Chapter 11

section 2

Pg.341

An Instant Success

Governor Dewitt ClintonCelebrates the Opening of

The Erie Canal

Chapter 11

section 2

The Erie Canal

Chapter 11

section 2

The Erie Canal

Chapter 11

section 2

The Erie Canal

Americans Move Westward Chapter 11 section 2 Pg.337.

Documents