| A | B |
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| census | An official count of a population (314) |
| turnpikes | Inland toll roads built by private companies (315) |
| National Road | The first major road leading west paid for by the federal government went from Maryland to Illinios. (315-316) |
| river travel | This type of travel was more comfortable & could haul heavy loads, but did not help Americans travel very far west. (315) |
| Robert Fulton | He built the first powerful steamboat to carry passengers in New York. (316) |
| Lake Erie | The Erie Canal was built across New York state connecting Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo on ________. (318) |
| Industrial Revolution | The growth of industry in society which spread from Great Britain to America becasue of the inventions of machines and factories. |
| Erie Canal | This 363-mile canal opened in 1825 to join the East & the Midwest. (318) |
| Ohio | Between 1791 & 1803, a first wave of westward growth led to the new states of Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee & ________. (319) |
| Missouri | Between 1816 & 1821, a second wave of westward growth led to the new states of Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama & ________. (319) |
| Clermont | Robert Fulton's steamboat carried passengers from New York City to Albany in 32 hours in 1807. (316-317) |
| Cotton Gin | Invented by Eli Whitney which changed the way cotton was harvested in the south forever. |
| canal | an artificial waterway built to connect two bodies of water (318) |
