New Transportation and Industrial Revolution

The topic of our last unit is...

• Westward Expansion

• US Constitution and Government

• Building the Nation

• Revolutionary War

The time period we will study in this last unit is...

• 1800-1825

• 1700-1725

• 1825-1850

• 1725-1750

As people started moving west, they demanded better forms of ...

• transportation

• communication

• respiration

• information

Which form of transportation connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes?

• National Road

• Erie Canal

People wanted better forms of transportation for travel and to make shipping easier and faster.

• True

• False

Once the Erie Canal was built, it reduced the cost of shipping by what percentage?

• 5%

• 10%

• 50%

• 95%

How was the National Road built?

• men with shovels

• steam rollers

• railroad locomotives

• bulldozers

Identify advantages the railroad provided.

• Faster and cheaper then traveling by land

• Improved trade

• Improved settlement

• Easier to travel up river

Why did Americans need better modes of transportation in the early 1800s? Check all that apply.

• To make travel easier and faster

• To import goods faster and cheaper

• To export goods faster and cheaper

• To improve vacation opportunities

Which was NOT a new form of transportation in the early 1800s?

• roads

• railroads

• canals

• ships