Canal: an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to provide water for irrigation.
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What do you notice? |
What geographic features do you notice that are connected to the canal (the canal is indicated by the yellow arrows) |
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What was the original intent of the canal? |
built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
Why there?
Write your guess next to the map.
Connects with the Hudson River
Flattest part of NY
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What impact did it have on cities like New York City, Cleveland and Chicago? |
Locate New York City, Cleveland and Chicago on this map. Put a star next to where they are located.
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What impact did it have on cities like New York City, Cleveland and Chicago? |
1. Gave all three cities a connection to one another for trade and travel.
Allowed midwestern farmers to get their produce to more parts of the country / world
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What impact did it have on cities like New York City, Cleveland and Chicago? |
1. Gave all three cities a connection to one another for trade and travel.
2. Allowed midwestern farmers to get their produce to more parts of the country / world
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What impact did the building of the Erie Canal have on future engineering projects? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
What do YOU think? |
Does the Erie Canal still have an impact on NYS and/or the US after 200 years? Circle One → Yes or No I think this because ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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What impact did the building of the Erie Canal have on future engineering projects? |
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Does the Erie Canal still have an impact on NYS and/or the US after 200 years? Circle One → Yes or No I think this because |
Document 6 |
The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. |
According to Document 6, what does the Erie Canal connect?
According to Document 6, where is the Erie Canal?
According to Document 6, why was it celebrated when it opened?
Document 6 |
The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. |
According to Document 6, what does the Erie Canal connect?
According to Document 6, where is the Erie Canal?
According to Document 6, why was it celebrated when it opened?
Document 6 |
The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. |
According to Document 6, what does the Erie Canal connect?
According to Document 6, where is the Erie Canal?
According to Document 6, why was it celebrated when it opened?
Document 6 |
The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. |
According to Document 6, what does the Erie Canal connect?
According to Document 6, where is the Erie Canal?
According to Document 6, why was it celebrated when it opened?
Document 6 |
The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. |
According to Document 6, what does the Erie Canal connect?
According to Document 6, where is the Erie Canal?
According to Document 6, why was it celebrated when it opened?
Document 6 |
The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. |
According to Document 6, what does the Erie Canal connect?
According to Document 6, where is the Erie Canal?
According to Document 6, why was it celebrated when it opened?
Document 7 |
The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development—as well as immigration—to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west. The canal transformed New York City into the young nation’s economic powerhouse, and in 2000 the U.S. Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor. |
According to Document 7, what are two effects of the building of the Erie Canal?
1.
2.
Document 7 |
The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development—as well as immigration—to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west. The canal transformed New York City into the young nation’s economic powerhouse, and in 2000 the U.S. Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor. |
According to Document 7, what are two effects of the building of the Erie Canal?
1.
2.
Document 7 |
The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development—as well as immigration—to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west. The canal transformed New York City into the young nation’s economic powerhouse, and in 2000 the U.S. Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor. |
According to Document 7, what are two effects of the building of the Erie Canal?
1.
2.
Document 7 |
The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development—as well as immigration—to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west. The canal transformed New York City into the young nation’s economic powerhouse, and in 2000 the U.S. Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor. |
According to Document 7, what are two effects of the building of the Erie Canal?
1.
2.
Document 7 |
The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development—as well as immigration—to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west. The canal transformed New York City into the young nation’s economic powerhouse, and in 2000 the U.S. Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor. |
According to Document 7, what are two effects of the building of the Erie Canal?
1.
2.
1. Which event most directly contributed to the growth of
New York City as the nation’s leading trade center?
(1) use of steamboats on the Mississippi River
(2) opening of the Erie Canal
(3) construction of the National Road
(4) passage of the Pacific Railway Act
2. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important to
the development of the nation because it
(1) linked the industrial centers of the North and the South
(2) allowed the United States Navy to defend the Great Lakes
(3) forced the Spanish to sell Florida to the United States
(4) increased trade between the East Coast and the Midwest
3. Based on the map, the Erie Canal and Hudson River contributed
directly to the
(1) decisions to restrict immigration
(2) rapid increase in population in upstate New York
(3) settlement of New England
(4) acquisition of land from Canada
4. Completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 encouraged the growth of the Midwest because it
(1) linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast
(2) helped force the removal of British forts in the Northwest Territory
(3) stimulated development of cotton production in the Ohio River valley
(4) increased trade with Asia