DBQ: The Erie Canal

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Erie-Canal DBQ How did the Erie Canal help and change America? Maybe, such as how it helped population for others and a quick water way. Transportation, population, and money were popular reasons why the Erie Canal helped America. How and what did the canal help and provide us with. The Erie Canal has helped in many ways/ such as how it helped with transportation. Transportation was huge after the Erie Canal was made/ built, it made traveling much more safe and faster. [Peter L.B] has made much appearances and opinions about the Erie Canal and has had good statements about it. "...Villages miles apart seemed far..." What he was getting to is that the Erie Canal can make distances in a short time. In [chart 1] of the DBQ it shows how cheaper and easier it is to take the canal with a boat instead of a wagon. It states that the canal is 94$ cheaper than dirt road/ trail. The lining in [chart 2] is presenting good transport for resources. It makes the shown appearance that during the 60's goods were ranged over 450,000$ and had great product of appearance with no bandits. In addition to transport, its now time for population change because of the Erie Canal. …show more content…

In [chart 5] it has a graph statement of the population and affect it had for the Erie Canal. It shows how the population is ranged between [5,000-25,000] and near the Canal it starts to range largely. [National park survive] had lots of agreements and good persuasions on the Canal. "...These factors led nearly 300 people to respond..." Was great for rights and equality, it was towards woman's rights as-well. On the [back-ground essay] it had a good representation on how the Canal helped and supported the nation. "...New York was the busiest port in America..." Was an example in how the population was moving widely. With population over, now its time to find out how the canal helped with

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