Chapter 8Vocabulary

New Ideas in New York

Canal

• Waterways built by people

Erie Canal

• Waterway that connects Lake Erie with the Hudson River

What is the Industrial Revolution?

• The way goods were made, from hand-made to machine made.

Lock

• Section of a canal that is closed off so water can be removed or added; allows boats to travel between waterways that are different levels.

Manufacture

• To make products by hand or by machine

Toll

• Fee paid to use a road

Turnpike

• Road that travelers pay a toll to use

DeWitt Clinton

• Governor of New York who urged the building of the Erie Canal in 1817

I think it’s a good idea to

build the Erie Canal!

James Fenimore Cooper

• Author who wrote books in the early 1800’s about life on the frontier such as The Last of the Mohicans.

Mary Mapes Dodge

• Writer of children’s books such as Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates.

Robert Fulton

• Inventor of the first successful steamboat

Washington Irving

• One of the first well-known American writers, he wrote stories such as “Rip Van Winkle”

Isaac Singer

• Inventor of the first sewing machine

Troy

• Troy’s location near the Hudson River, the Erie Canal, and railroads made it a great place for factories.

Ticonderoga

• Graphite was discovered. Graphite was used to make pencils.

New York City

• Produced about 40% of the country’s clothing

Syracuse

• Became the country’s salt making center in the 1800’s

Rochester

• Became known as “Flour City”

Schenectady

• Located on the Mohawk River. First turnpike.

Rome, NY

• Center of New York State where construction began on the Erie Canal in 1817