European Immigration and Transportation 1789-1850
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Objective
I can explain how Europeans used wagons, canals, flatboats, and steamboats to travel to the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys between 1789 and 1850.
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Warm-up video
Unknown Channel · 5:00
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Practice
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The video mentions that many immigrants came to America for cheap farmland. Where in America was this farmland located?
Besides farmland, what else attracted immigrants to America in the 1830s?
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“The video focuses on immigration in general, but it does not mention specific modes of transportation like wagons, canals, flatboats, or steamboats. Based on what you know about the time period, why would wagons have been important for immigrants traveling to the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys? The video focuses on immigration in general, but it does not mention specific modes of transportation like wagons, canals, flatboats, or steamboats. Based on what you know about the time period, why would canals have been important for immigrants traveling to the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys? The video focuses on immigration in general, but it does not mention specific modes of transportation like wagons, canals, flatboats, or steamboats. Based on what you know about the time period, why would steamboats have been important for immigrants traveling to the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys?”
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