Across
- 5. Why was River Travel preferred by most travelers and freight haulers?
- 7. What did the canal cause to the places along the route?
- 9. Which inventor created the first steam engine?
- 10. What was considered the "Best road in the US"?
- 12. What did the erie canal do?
- 14. Founding father whothought the canal craze was "madness"
- 16. Not a state that joined the us between 1792-1819
- 22. Which 2 cities were connected by the Lancaster Turnpike?
Down
- 1. How long did it take to build the canal?
- 2. What was a noticeable fact that showed how many people moved west by 1820?
- 3. Which city became a "Center of Commerce" because of the canal?
- 4. Who and how was it built
- 6. Why was the Lancaster Turnpike so good?
- 8. What did the erie canal connect?
- 11. What was a benefit of the canal?
- 13. How were turnpikes paid for?
- 15. What was so unique about The National Road?
- 17. Which invention revolutionized travel all over the world?
- 18. What advancement in water transportation made it possible to get western goods to eastern cities?
- 19. What gave merchants a safe way to sell products/travel?
- 20. What was a way that private companies made money?
- 21. What road connected Maryland to Illinois?