As more settlers poured into lands west of the Appalachians during the early 1800s, the need for better transportation grew. Construction of the National Road began, and the steamboat ushered in a new age of river travel that made shipping goods cheaper and faster. Unfortunately, most rivers in the United States flowed from north to south, so steamboats did not tie the eastern and western parts of the country together.
Business and government officials developed a plan to build a canal that would link New York City to the Great Lakes region. The difficult and dangerous work of building the Erie Canal was done largely by Irish immigrants. In the 1840s, steamboats replaced mules and horses to pull barges through the growing number of canals.
A second wave of western growth began between 1816 and 1821, and led to the creation of new states. Pioneer families settled along rivers such as the Ohio and the Mississippi so they could ship their goods to market.
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