Westward Bound

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Westward Bound
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Census the official count of a population The
first census was taken in 1790. The population
was four million. Thirty years later,
the population had more than doubled
to about 10 million.
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In the late 1790s, the 363 mile trip from New
York City to Buffalo, NY could take as long as
three weeks.
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  5. First Wave of Settlement began before the
1790s and led to 4 new states Vermont
Ohio Kentucky Tennessee
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6. Second Wave of Settlement began between 1816
and 1821 and led to 5 new states Indiana Illi
nois Mississippi Alabama Missouri
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Pioneers settled along great rivers such as the
Mississippi River and Ohio River. Why? Farmers
could ship their crops to market.
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• What were some social events people enjoyed?
• Men Sports, ex. Wrestling
• Women Quilting and Sewing
• Both Cornhusking

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• Road Travel
•    Why did the nation need inland
• roads? For travel and shipment of goods
• Private companies built private roads, or
  turnpikes.

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• The state of Ohio asked for a road to connect it
  to the East.
• Congress approved funds for a National Road in
  1806 but it was not finished until 1818.

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River Travel
Advantages over Road Travel Disadvantages
Far more comfortable Easier to transport goods on river (if downstream) Most rivers did not flow east to west, where most goods were headed Traveling upstream by barge was very difficult
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•  Robert Fulton developed a steamboat with a
  powerful engine.
• What is the name of Fultons 1st steamboat? the
  Clermont
• http//www.ulster.net/hrmm/quad/1909hudsonfulton/
  clermont10.jpg

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•         This steamboat could travel 150 miles in
  32 hours when it usually took 4 days.
•         Advantages of the Steamboat
• Greatly improved transportation along inland
  rivers
• Shipping became cheaper and faster
• Contributed to growth of cities like St. Louis

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Canals Officials needed a way to tie the eastern
and western part of the U.S. together. Dewitt
Clinton came up with a plan to link New York City
with the Great Lakes.
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•      A canal, or artificial waterway, would be
  built connecting Albany, NY on the Hudson River
  with Buffalo on Lake Erie.
• This new canal was named the
  Erie Canal.

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• Where were many of the builders from? Ireland
• What hauled boats and barges? Mules and horses

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• 1850, the U.S. had more than 3,600 miles of
  canals.
• Canals lowered the cost of shipping goods,
  brought prosperity to towns along their routes,
  and helped unite the growing country.