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The Erie Canal changed the United States because it brought food from the Midwest to New York City. It also brought immigrants from Europe that came to New York and wanted to farm in the Midwest.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 6y agoThe Erie Canal made transportation easier and faster. There was still plenty of work to do. Before the Erie Canal, farmers would turn the grain into alcohol and carry it east by walking or riding a horse. It was much easier to put the grain on a barge and ship it east.
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∙ 6y agoPeople in the Midwest would make their grain into alcohol and then carry it by wagon west. Reducing the weight of the grain allowed them to make some profit.
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What lake was the location of the first canal built in the US?
Lake Erie. The canal was named the Erie Canal.
What was the most spectacular engineering achievement of the young US?
The Erie Canal
How did the construction of the Erie Canal change the US?
The construction of the Erie Canal brought food to New York City and many European immigrants used it to find land to farm.
First major man-made canal in the US?
Erie Canal
What canal is between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario?
The Welland Canal.
When did the americans make the first man made canal?
US-Erie Canal 1825.
What waterway connects the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico?
The Erie Canal
Was the Erie Canal cemented?
The Erie Canal was not cemented.
What provided cheaper and faster transportation to the great lakes area?
the Erie canal
What lake did the Erie Canal join with?
No the Erie Canal did not join the Ohio River. But New York was not the only state that built canals. The state of Ohio also built canals. The Miami and Erie Canal went to the Ohio River. The Erie and Ohio Canal also reached the Ohio River. Neither of these canals were as successful as the Erie Canal.
What canal connects Albany and buffalo?
The Ohio and Erie Canal linked Cleveland with Lake Erie.
While John Quincy Adams was president this famous us canal was completed?
Erie Canal
