| A | B |
|---|
| Turnpike | roads built by private company & charged a fee(toll) |
| Erie Canal | linked Mohawk/Hudson River,to the Great Lakes, NYC to Buffalo by going through Albany (1817-1825) |
| National Road | from MD to West VA, paid for with money fro Congress |
| Robert Fulton | adapted the steam engine for use on a boat in 1807 "The Clermont" |
| "The Clermont" | nickname for Robert Fulton's steamboat traveled from NYC to Albany & to 32 hours |
| Nativists | against people who were not native born Americans(fear job competition,most Protestant were against Catholics) |
| "Know Nothings" | political party made up of Nativists (1850's) |
| Tenement | run down apartment houses |
| Nightwateches | people who lit the street lamps & sounded alarms |
| Famine | lack of food |
| Dewitt Clinton | Covernor of NY persuaded state lawmakers to provide money for the Erie Canal. |
