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After the Expedition

After the Expedition. Changes in the US 1800 to 1850. What did Lewis and Clark find?. Transportation. 1800 By land? By water?. 1850 By land: Locomotives connected major cities in the East Coast to coast by 1869 By water: Steamboats could go upstream against current. Communication.

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After the Expedition

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  1. After the Expedition Changes in the US 1800 to 1850

  2. What did Lewis and Clark find?

  3. Transportation • 1800 • By land? • By water? • 1850 • By land: Locomotives connected major cities in the East • Coast to coast by 1869 • By water: Steamboats could go upstream against current

  4. Communication • 1800 • only as fast as it could be carried • By land • By water • 1850 • Faster by land and water than before • Telegraph by 1851 connected major cities in North, East and South • By 1861. coast to coast

  5. Changes in transportation and communication • Changed importance of water routes • for commerce and trade • for settlement • for agricultural goods

  6. The U.S. in 1800

  7. The U.S. in 1803

  8. The U.S. in 1850

  9. Reasons for U.S. Expansion • Fur trade • Land for settlers • Slavery • land for plantations (tobacco had destroyed land in East, Cotton would do the same) • politics- struggle to keep free and slave states balanced • Gold/silver • "Manifest Destiny"

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