Tuesday, October 28 - Period 4 Lesson 9

Open Ended

Tuesday, October 28: Bellringer Question - Why are transportation and transportation networks important to the development of business and economies?

Erie Canal, 1825

• "The Nation's 1st Super Highway"

• 1st navigable waterway to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes

• Decrease cost of transport

• Accelerated westward expansion & settlement

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Northern & Westward Migration

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of the Erie Canal on the United States?

• The Erie Canal had no impact on the United States.

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  The Erie Canal only benefited a few cities in the United States.

• The Erie Canal caused a decline in trade and economic growth in the United States.

• The Erie Canal had a significant impact on trade, economic growth, and the development of new cities in the United States.

Turnpikes (Toll roads)
Response to the need for better transportation infrastructure

• Collect tolls from travelers to fund road maintenance

• Crucial role in opening up previously isolated or underserved regions of the U.S.

• Railroads decreased popularity

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Northern & Westward Migration

National Road (Cumberland Road)

• 1 of the first federally funded roads

• Crucial role in westward expansion

• Symbol of early federal investment in infrastructure, setting a precedent for later development

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Northern & Westward Migration

Multiple Choice

What impact did the Cumberland Road have on the United States?

• It connected the eastern and western parts of the United States, promoting trade and transportation, and facilitating westward expansion.

• It caused economic decline in the United States.

• It led to increased tensions between the eastern and western parts of the United States.

• It had no impact on the United States.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1828

• 1 of the 1st commercial railroad in the U.S.

• Connected Baltimore, MD with the Ohio River

• Significant to the transport of coal and other resources

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Northern & Westward Migration

Multiple Choice

Who benefitted the most from the Transportation Revolution?

• North

• Great Britain

• South

• Mexico

• Thomas Jefferson motivations:

  • Control the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans

    • Critical for export of cotton & tobacco

  • Strong proponent of an agrarian society

• Problem: Constitution did not state the Federal government could actually purchase this land

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Louisiana Purchase

​Workbook pg. 51

Analyze the map to answer the 3 identifying questions.

THEN

Answer the 3 critical thinking questions below.

​Crash Course U.S. History

Discussion Questions
1. How did improvements in transportation methods fuel the “Market Revolution”? Give specific examples.
2. How did the development of factories change the nature of work?
3. How did “transcendentalist” authors view the rapid industrialization of society?
4. What was the long-term result of the Market Revolution?

Sage-N-Scribe Writing Activity

• You and your partner will take turns instructing one another on what to write while addressing the 4 prompts.
  - 1 student will write for questions #1 and #3.
  - 1 student will write for questions #2 and #4.

​Crash Course U.S. History

Discussion Questions - 3 bullet points each
1. How did improvements in transportation methods fuel the “Market Revolution”? (effect on cost, effect on industry, effect on connections)
2. How did the development of factories change the nature of work?
(difference from working on a farm vs. factory, working conditions, use of machines)
3. How did “transcendentalist” authors view the rapid industrialization of society? (view of materialism, nature vs. industry, individualism)
4. What was the long-term result of the Market Revolution?
(social/cultural effects, economic effects, regional tensions)

Open Ended

How did improvements in transportation methods fuel the “Market Revolution”? Give specific examples.

Open Ended

How did the development of factories change the nature of work?

Open Ended

How did “transcendentalist” authors view the rapid industrialization of society?

Open Ended

What was the long-term result of the Market Revolution?