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Erie Canal
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This is a change of pace. Research the textbook and the links and list 5 interesting things that you learned. Number them.
1. Write the first fact in a complete sentence or in complete sentence sentences.
2. The second fact the same way.
3. Third fact
4. Forth fact
5. Fifth fact.
Then reply to two other students commenting upon their facts. This should take you about a hundred words for each response.
The Erie Canal provided a viable, quick, efficient route of transport between the Atlantic and the Great Lakes. This vital connection is what practically built Chicago. Without the canal, Chicago would not have become the trade center that is did. Other cities like Buffalo and Detroit grew as a result of the canal. (google search)
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Note: My study of history sees the Civil War as basically a power struggle between the North which wanted a transcontinental railroad from Chicago to San Francisco and the South which wanted a route from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
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