Travel Among Cities
Animation: An animated series of maps of the emergence of the development and decadence of the U.S.A., from the Virginia and Massachusetts colonization, through A.) The "Original 13," and the incremental increase of the territory of the U.S.A., by date of acquisitions, to include Hawaii and Alaska. Identify date of inclusion of territory, and then of status as a Federal state. B.) Show rivers, notable lakes, and mountain-ranges within that expanding territory. C.) The establishment of cities and major towns within that territory. D.) Show principal highways, coastal waterways, navigable portions of canals, rivers, and lakes. E.) Show railways to 1946. F.) Show notable air travel routes and airports to present. Show principal airlines by name since the Versailles Treaty. G.) Show links among public rail, air, and water transport. H.) Show collapse of agriculture and industry since 1967-1981.
Here is the key for the following animation:
- Blue
- Canals
- White
- Rail
- Red
- US Roads
- Light Blue
- Air Routes
- Green
- original Interstate Defense Highway System plan
We'll begin with the nation in 1808.
If you'd rather, you can get the whole sequence as one animated gif by clicking here.
H.) Show collapse of agriculture and industry since 1967-1981.
A draft animation of percentage of manufacturing productive workers per county can be seen here.
.zip file of this site.