1. SECTION 2 WESTWARD BOUND CHAPTER 10 GROWTH AND EXPANSION

2. Moving West Growing population needs room  1790 – 4 million  1820 – 10 million Need to find better ways of travel  363 mile trip from NYC – Buffalo, NY took 3 weeks  Today – 6 ½ hours

3. On land Roads (corduroy) – logs put side by side Turnpikes – toll roads – fees paid for construction National Road - now “I- 70” – a military necessity

5. By water Advantages  More comfortable  Carry more stuff Problems  Most major rivers run north and south  Traveling upstream difficult and slow Steam boats of the 1780-90s didn’t have enough power to move upstream in major rivers

6. Robert Fulton 1807 Built the Clermont New York to Albany in 32 hours (using sails – 4 days)

7. Steamboat = Changes Improved passenger transport Shipping goods cheaper 1812 – regular steamboat service on Mississippi Growth of river cities  Cincinnati  St Louis 1850 – 700 steamboats were carrying cargo and people throughout the US

8. Erie Canal Connect NYC with Great Lakes Hudson River – Lake Erie 365 miles Built lock – separate sections to change water levels 2 years to complete Opened October 26, 1825

9. Locks

10. Canals = Change 1850 – 3,600 miles of locks in the US Lowered cost of shipping Linked East and Midwest

12. Population distribution New states 1791-1803  Remember need 60,000 to petition for statehood  Vermont  Kentucky  Tennessee  Ohio New states 1816-1821  Indiana  Illinois  Mississippi  Alabama  Missouri White population west of Appalachian Mts  1800 – 387,000  1820 – 2.4 million