U.S. Foldable

Step One:

• Label the following on the map – Atlantic Ocean– Great Lakes– Mississippi River– Pacific Ocean

Step Two

• I’ve already cut your foldable to divide the U.S. into east and west. Underneath the flap for the East, divide that section into North and South.

• Under the flap for the West, label that section “Reasons for Westward Growth”

Reasons for Westward Growth

• What are they? 1.

2.

3.

4. (we’re going to come back to this one)

North

• Industrial Revolution changes the economy

• Now based on manufacturing and factory system

• Interchangeable parts made mass production possible

South

• Invention of the cotton gin makes the South more dependent on cotton and slavery

Infrastructure

• Flip back to the front of your foldable

• Write this definition in the bottom left hand corner

• Infrastructure: improving roads and waterways to make travel and trade easier

American System

• Made trade between the regions easier • (South and west grow raw materials, North

manufactures products) • In the middle of your map write “American

System” with arrows pointing to the west, north, and east

• Define it somewhere close to your diagram – “plan to make trade between regions

easier”

Erie Canal

• Label the Hudson River, Erie Canal, and New York City

Erie Canal

• Connects Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean through Hudson River

• Led to the rise of New York City

So …

• What are two examples of improvements in the nation’s infrastructure?

Examples of Infrastructure

• Erie Canal

• American System