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Inquiry: Was It Destiny To Move West? Supporting Question 2: What new technologies influenced westward expansion? Supporting Question 2: Directions: (1) Keep all papers organized and back in order after you have completed your graphic organizer. (2) Write neatly in your graphic organizers. Use your graphic organizers to help write your essay. (3) Answer the supporting question in complete sentences. (4) Work with your group to problem solve, but raise your hand if you need help.
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Inquiry:WasItDestinyToMoveWest?SupportingQuestion2:Whatnewtechnologiesinfluencedwestwardexpansion?SupportingQuestion2:Directions:
(1) Keepallpapersorganizedandbackinorderafteryouhavecompletedyourgraphicorganizer.
(2) Writeneatlyinyourgraphicorganizers.Useyourgraphicorganizerstohelpwriteyouressay.
(3) Answerthesupportingquestionincompletesentences.
(4) Workwithyourgrouptoproblemsolve,butraiseyourhandifyouneedhelp.
SourceA:MapsoftheErieCanalroutes
Mapshowing19thcenturycanalsontheErieCanalsystem.Completedin1825,thecanallinksthewatersofLakeErieinthewesttotheHudsonRiverintheeast.Anengineeringmarvelwhenitwasbuilt,thecanalwasbuiltinordertoopenthecountrywestoftheAppalachianMountainstosettlersandtoofferacheap,safe,andeffectivewaytocarryproducetoamarket.
SourceA(continued):PaulVolpe,master’sthesisprojectontheinfluenceoftheErieCanal,DiggingClinton’sDitch:TheImpactoftheErieCanalonAmerica,1807-1860(excerpt).1984.Thesize,shapeandnatureoftheUnitedStates,asitnowexists,isduelargelytothepolitical,socialandeconomiclandscapeofthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcentury.Inwhatwas,formanyreasons,themostimportantperiodinthenation'shistory,theconstructionoftheErieCanalranksatthetopofthelist,alongwiththeLouisianaPurchase,ofthemostsignificanteventsoftheantebellumperiod,impactingwestwardexpansion,andinturn,thedevelopmentofthenation.Thecanalalsohadotherimportant,ifunintended,consequencesforthecountry,includingpromotingnationalismandhelpingtopreservetheUnion,whichfurtheraffirmitsvaluetothenation....AstownsemergedalongtheErieCanal,bringingbusiness,agricultureandindustrytothepreviouslyunsettledwesternNewYork,thecanalhelpedNewYorkCityestablishitstradepositionanddevelopintotheworld'sdominantcommercialcenter.Additionally,thecanalbroughtpeopleandproductswestandprovidedthefertilelandoftheOldNorthwest(whatisnowconsideredtheMidwest)aburgeoningmarketforitsproduce.TheemigrationfromNewEnglandandthenortheastandthedevelopmentofAmerica'sbreadbasketwasatleastasimportanttoachievingManifestDestinyasanyotherexpansioneramovement.Theeconomicvalueofthecanalisimmeasurable,extendingbeyonditssignificancetothestateandallowingtheUnitedStatestocompeteinworldmarkets.Finally,anoften-overlookedachievementoftheErieCanal,andonewithenormousnationalsignificance,istheroleitplayedestablishingabondbetweentheeastandthewestanditsimpactonthepreservationoftheUnion.TheErieCanal'simpactwhenmeasuredinthecontextofthenationalexpansionthatoccurreddirectlypriortotheCivilWarservestovindicatetheassertionthatconstructionofthecanalwasanactofnationalismineveryway.
ReprintedwithpermissionfromtheAmericanStudiesProgramsattheUniversityofVirginia,authorPaulVolpe,http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/volpe/canal/firstpage.html.SourceB:Transportationofthe1800sFelixOctaviusCarrDarley(artist)andHenryBryanHall(engraver),engravingofpeoplemovingwest,EmigrantsCrossingthePlains,1869.FelixOctaviusCarrDarley,EmigrantsCrossingthePlains,engravingbyHenryBryanHall,Jr.NewYork:D.Appleton&Co.,1869. WilliamStrickland,engravingshowingsteamasteamlocomotiveandrailwaycars,RearandSideView
ofGeorgeStephenson’sSteamLocomotiveandRailroadCarsoftheStocktonandDarlingtonRailway,1826.LibraryofCongress.SourceB(continued):Transportationofthe1800sIt’shardtoimagineAmericain1800.Theyoungcountryconsistedof16statesandjustover5millioncitizens.Thevastandimpenetrablelandscapemadetraveldifficult,and,asaresult,peopletendedtoliveverylocallives.Butoverthenexthundredyears,roadswerebuilt,canalsdug,andrailslaid,whichallowedAmericanstospreadoutandsettleintonew,farawayplaces.
RoadconstructionwasoneofthefirstimprovementsinAmericaninfrastructure.Majorcitiesinthenortheastwereoftenconnectedbypostroads,whichatfirstwerelittlemorethandirttrailsbutlaterwereimprovedwithgravelorwoodenplanks.Travelontheseroadswasslowgoing-thetripfromBostontoNewYork,forexample,couldtakeupto3daysbystagecoach.
In1806,Congressallottedfundsforthenationalroad,thefirstfederallyfundedroad.ItstretchedfromCumberland,Marylandto,eventually,southernIllinois.
Toreachpointsfurtherwest,hundredsofthousandsofpeopleembarkedonjourneysfromthebanksoftheMissouri.Theyheadedoutonhorsebackandinwagontrains,overroutesliketheSantaFeandOregontrails.Thegruelingtripallthewaytothepacificcoastcouldtakeuptoeightmonths.
Canalsalsohelpedlinkuptheinteriorofthecountry.In1825,theErieCanal-thenation’smostfamous-openedforbusiness.Withit,food,goodsandpeoplecouldflowbetweenNewYorkCityandtheburgeoningwest.ItssuccesssparkedacanalbuildingboomthroughouttheeasternUnitedStatesandelevatedNewYorkCitytothenation’scommercialcenter.
ButnothingaffectedAmerica’swestwardexpansionlikethegrowthoftherailroad.Itwasfastandastoundinginscope:in1840,therewere3000milesoftrackinthecountry;twentyyearslater,thereweremorethan30,000.
By1869,enormousinvestmentandspectacularengineeringfeatsallowedtherailroadtoreachfromcoasttocoast.Afterthatfirsttranscontinentallinkwasmade,hundredsofthousandsofmilesofrailwerelaid,consolidatingtherailroad’sgriponthenation’slongdistancetravelandtrade.
Thenation’sgrowingnetworkofcanals,roads,waterways,andrailroadshadforgednewlinksbetweenpeopleandplaces,andhelpedcreatethespectaculargrowthof19thcenturyAmerica.
Source:https://amhistory.si.edu/
SourceC:RatesofTravel,1800-1857
CharlesO.PaullinandJohnK.Wright,AtlasoftheHistoricalGeographyoftheUnitedStates,(pages138a,b,c,andd).CarnegieInstitutionforScience:Washington,DC,1932.
