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u.s. History: Book 1 America: Creating the DreamLesson 19Handout 19 (page 1)

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Clay's American System: Producing a National Economy

Part A. For homework. place the following items on the accompanying outline map of theUnited States. Be sure to include a key for major roads, canals, railroads, and paths ofIndian removal. You may wish to identify places by numbers or letters to use space wisely.

Citiesr NewYork2 Boston3Washington, D.C.,..,Cleveland5Chicago

{p St. Louis Ii Pittsburgh·1Charleston 12Cincinnatia New Orleans (3 Detroit9 Philadelphia itiAtlantaIb Baltimore ISRichmond

Major roadsA Boston Post Road (Boston to NewYork) E" Pennsylvania Road (Philadelphia to Pitts-

burgh)(3 National Road (Cumberland to Vandalia) F Natchez Trace (Nashville to New Orleans)C Wilderness Road (Cumberland to Ohio River) 9 Seneca Road (Buffalo to Cleveland)~ Chicago Turnpike (to Detroit)

CanalsH Erie (Albany to Buffalo) :rOhio and Erie (Portsmouth to Cleveland):r Wabash and Erie (Toledo to Evansville) K.Miami and Erie (Toledo to Cincinnati)

Railroads1- NewYork to Chicago via Buffalo and ClevelandMNewYork to BostonN NewYork to Richmond via Philadelphia. Baltimore. and Washington. D.C.C NewYork to Chicago via Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and ColumbusPAtlanta to Charleston&.Atlanta to Nashville via Chattanoogaf<,Atlanta to Montgomery

Indian removal: Draw arrows to indicate their removal to areas west ofthe MississippiRiver.

Seminoles (Florida to Oklahoma)Cherokees (Georgia to Oklahoma)Creeks (Alabama to Oklahoma)Chickasaws (Mississippi to Oklahoma)

Choctaw (Mississippi to Oklahoma)Miami (Indiana to Missouri)Chippewa (Wisconsin to Missouri)Ottawa (Illinois to Missouri)

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u.s. History: Book 1 America: Creating the DreamLesson 19Handout 19 (page 3)

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Part B. Use your completed map to help you answer the following questions.1. How did Henry Clay believe his American System would bind the sections of the

country?

2. What aspects of Clay's American System resemble the economic thinking of AlexanderHamilton?

3. Which region-East, Midwest. or South-had the fewest arteries of transportation?Explain.

4. In which direction did most lines of transportation from the East move?

5. Which region had the fewest railroads?

6. What implication did the Indian removal to regions west of the Mississippi have for theeconomic development of the United States?

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Jlj,,~Part C. For the final activity in this lesson. your class will be divided into small groups. First.decide which of the following topic sentences best fits your understanding of the conceptshown on your map.

a. Clay's American System contributed to the development of an interdependenteconomy.

b. Clay's American System contributed to the development of a sectional economy.c. Clay's American System contributed to the development of both sectionalism and

economic interdependence.Using the topic sentence you have chosen. write a coherent paragraph that relates any sixof the following seven terms to your topic sentence:(1) regional specialization; (2) Industrial Revolution; (3) "King Cotton"; (4) internal improve-ments; (5) protective tariff; (6) national bank; (7) Indian removal

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