The Ohio river was important during the civil war. Since most of the states south of the river were slave states and most of the north states were free, many slave crossed the river to try and get freedom.
The Tennessee river was a central component of one of the world's greatest irrigation and hydropower systems and a major waterway of the southeastern United States.
Most slave states were south of the Ohio River. Most states north of the Ohio River were free states. Since the Civil War was about slavery, it was natural to assume that almost every state south of the Ohio River would probably want to leave the Union, If they felt that the Union was going to abolish slavery.
The Ohio was the route to the west in the years of westward expansion,
so the patirots could past to fight in the american revolutionary war
The Ohio River
The ohio River provided a vital link between the French's lands Canada and the Mississippi River.
The Ohio River was the main conduit to the Mississippi River. As such, the land around the Ohio protected the important transportation route. The vast, at the time unsettled land, held a wealth of natural resources to be exploited.
it is the Ohio river
They took the Ohio River and the Mississippi River.Mississippi @ Missouri
Ohio River is a very important river in ohio
delaware river ohio river
The Ohio River is south of Indiana and forms the boundary between Indiana and Kentucky.
The Missouri River and the Ohio River are both important rivers that empty into the Mississippi.
Ohio River
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The Ohio River
The ohio River provided a vital link between the French's lands Canada and the Mississippi River.
it was the only good route from Maryland to Ohio river
The Ohio River
The Ohio River Valley had an important strategic value for France as Canada was linked to the Mississippi River which at the time was an important trade route going south to Louisiana, which was also a colony of France.
Ohio is the closest state to the Ohio River that's why it is called the Ohio River.