chapter 6 section 2
list three examples of port cities
1. baltimore 2. boston 3. new york
metropolitan area
a major city and its surrounding sunburbs
what did congress do in 1862?
a plan to build a single rail line connecting the east to the west?
where did the cities grow?
along the railroads
why did chicago become the largest city in the midwest?
because it was the best location on the railroad network
why did the US economic base shift to industry and manufacturing?
because the nation begins to develope industry and manufacting
what developed around the great lakes?
big, new cities
what is the value of citys location affected by?
changes in transportation, economic activities, and changes in popular preferences
what city became the largest city in the midwest?
chicago
what was the government of new york's name?
dewitt clinton
what did the government of new york do?
he dug up a 363 mile canal from lake erie to the hudson river
when did the railroads become the country's most important form of transportation?
in 1865 after the civil war
what cities have expanded and why?
in the south and west because the winters were less servere in the north
what did the US economic base shift to?
industry and manufacturing
what was the US economy based on in its early years as a nation?
local agrilculture
what did advances in transportation allow people more freedom in?
more freedom to select where their business would operate and where they would live
how many metropolitan areas does the US have?
more than 250
how long was the erie canal by the end of the 1800s?
more than 4,000 miles
where did the transcontinental railroad run?
omaha to sacramento
what did dewitt's canal do?
opened river trade to those who didnt have access to it
how did cities function at this time?
places to carry out on a trade between the US and Europe
all major cities were _______
ports
what makes up a large share of the nations economy now?
service industries
what rivers did the settlers use?
the Mississippi river
what did the erie canal provide?
the best connection between the east coast and settlers near the great lakes
what united the nation?
the great wave of railroad building
what motivated the constuction of railroads?
the same benefits from trade that motivated the building of canals
what was the name of the railroad?
the transcontinental railroad
what freedom did automobiles give to americans
they could go any place where there were roads at anytime they wish
why were sailing used as the largest form of transportation in the first fifty years of the nation's existence?
they were the fastest and cheapest form of transportation
what did settlers use the rivers for?
to transport their crops
what made it possible for people to travel longer distance from work?
trolleys and suburbs