1. How did ways of travel change?
Tuesday
Turn to pages in the Atlas. Read the introduction. Also look at map A, “Main Travel Routes.” Use the information to answer the following questions.
By 1820 what was the fastest way to travel river routes? _______________
Why couldn’t travelers travel by steamboat across the Appalachian Mountains?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday
A cause is an event that helps make other events happen. The events that happen as a result of the cause are called effects. Look at picture B and the key date. For each pair of events below, write “C” next to the cause, and “E” next to the effect.
_______ The Hudson River is linked to the Great Lakes.
_______ The Erie Canal is built.
b. _______ Canals are shallow.
_______ Canal boats are used in canals rather than steamboats.
Thursday:
Compare map C, “Main Travel Routes, 1840” and map E, “Main Travel Routes, 1860”. Write 1840 if the statement was true in 1840 and write 1860 if the statement was true in 1860.
St. Louis is on of the largest cities in the United States. _____
Railroads are the main means of transportation. ____
A person could travel from Chicago to New Orleans by train. _____
Water routes are the main means of transportation. _____
Friday:
Use graph D, “Miles of U.S. Railroad Track,” and map E to complete the following sentences.
Over 27,000 miles of _______________________ we laid between 1840 and 1860.
Most of that track was laid east of the __________________ River.