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Chapter 7: New Yorkers Move West
Step 1. Questions
Students understand how the transportation revolution, following the American Revolution, caused changes in New York.
Research how transportation changed the lives of New Yorkers following the American Revolution. Find out how these changes affected immigrants. Here are some questions to guide your research.- How did the transportation revolution change New York?
- What did Robert Fulton invent?
- Why did many immigrants come to the United States from Ireland after 1845?
- Why did immigrants from other countries come to New York?
- Why might immigrants risk starting life in a new country?
To begin, visit the Internet sites listed in Step 2. You may also choose to visit a library, read a book on the subject or interview an adult. Then follow Step 3 to write your report.
Step 2. Research
Research answers for the questions you were asked in Step 1. Visit these Web sites. Take notes about them on this page, too!
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