Ch. 19.6 Lesson Review

Ch. 19.6 Lesson Review

"Yes government, please spend money on our transportation." -- Northern States

Purpose of Transportation

• Used to connect the states on the coast (i.e. New York, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts) to states in the northwest (i.e. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois)

• roads, canals, railroads

Multiple Choice

True or False --

"Northern states wanted their transportation to connect the different states together."

• True

• False

Roads in the Northern States

• Early 1800's roads = terrible, expensive, long travel times

​Why would the roads in the early 1800's be so poor?
(whiteboards)

Roads in the Northern States

• Turnpikes created..private companies invested

• 1800 Congress give $$$ for roads

• Towns built along roads

​Why would it be important to have these new ways (turnpikes, gov't money) to pay for roads?

Multiple Choice

How did the improvement of roads affect the areas where roads were built?

• less towns built

• less money collected

• more towns built by these roads

Water Transportation

• Cheaper than land travel...but very slow at first

• Steamboats made water travel cheaper AND faster

• Canals allowed crops grown in northwest to be shipped to the coast cheaply and quickly

Draw

DRAW A PICTURE TO ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS?

1) Why would water travel be cheaper yet slower than land travel @ first?

2) Why would canals be quicker than roads?

Multiple Choice

What innovation allowed water/canal travel to become cheaper and quicker than road travel?

• row boats

• steamboats

• horse and buggy

Trains in the Northern States

• Railroad allowed.......

  • travel during any season

• Pacific Railway Act....Congress said "OKAY" for a transcontinental railroad

• Transcontinental railroad gave....

  • jobs..new towns

  • linked both coasts..quicker travel

Multiple Select

What were the positives of the transcontinental railroad?

• new jobs

• slower travel times

• more $$$

• develop new territories