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Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets. Immigrants could go from New York to Buffalo and from there to anywhere in the Midwest.
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Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets. Immigrants could go from New York to Buffalo and from there to anywhere in the Midwest.
One of the things was the Erie canal, completed between Buffalo, NY and Albany, NY in 1825.
Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets. Immigrants could go from New York to Buffalo and from there to anywhere in the Midwest.
Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets. Immigrants could go from New York to Buffalo and from there to anywhere in the Midwest.
One of the things was the Erie canal, completed between Buffalo, NY and Albany, NY in 1825.
The Erie Canal made New York the economic capital of the world. It linked the Northwest Territories made up of present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio with New York. People in these Northwestern Territories were allowed to transport crops and goods to be sold in New York more quickly and cheaper with the canal. It greatly benefitted the U.S. economy in this way.
A lot of farmers lived there and they needed water for there crops!
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.
There is not a listed name for the Indiana Central Canal. This canal is eight miles long and another 80 miles are still awaiting completion.
It was President Woodrow Wilson that was president when the Panama Canal was finished. in 1914.