Canals Flashcards

1
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when was the eerie canal built

A

1825

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2
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what did the eerie Canal provide travel between

A

New York city to the mid west

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3
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what did the eerie canal lead to

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triggering large scale commercial and agriculture development as well as immigration to sparsely populate frontiers of the west - New York Ohio Indiana Michigan

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4
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who constructed the eerie canal

A

work of govenor DeWitt Clinton, New York

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5
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how long was the eerie canal

A

363 miles long

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6
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what did the eerie canal do to freight costs

A

reduced them from 19 cents per ton/mile to 2 cents

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7
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what did the eerie canal reduce travel time for

A

20 to 8 days

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8
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by 1840 how many miles of canals were financed by state government

A

3326 miles

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9
Q

other examples of canals built

A

the Panama Canal in 1914

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10
Q

how many steamboats were on the Mississippi River

A

rose from 1817 17 to 361 to 1836

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