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What is the effect of the Erie Canal on the development of the west?
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The goods that were coming in from other countries around the world could get to the west. The canal also let more people move to the west because it made traveling easier.
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Which development was most important to the settlement of the west?
completion of the Erie canal and of the transcontinental railroad
Was the Erie Canal in the west?
The Erie Canal is in the state of New York. It opened a wider route into the Midwest.
What canals on the major canals map ran generally from east to west?
Erie canal And Pennsylvania canal. THe Ohio-and-Erie canal is larger than both of those canals so i would say the Ohio-and-Erie, then the Erie canal before the pennsylvania canal
Which canals on the map ran generally east to west?
Erie canal And pennsylvania cAnal
What cities are along the Erie Canal?
Buffalo, NY is the westernmost city on the Erie Canal.
Why did the Erie Canal make the west with the east?
because the east can traval to the west and the west can traval to the east
Did The Erie Canal shortened time but increased the cost of sending products from the West to the East?
Yes, the Erie Canal reduced travel time. You could go up the Hudson River, north, and join the Erie Canal at Albany, New York. From there, you would have taken the Erie Canal to Buffalo, New York. In the 1800s, that would have reduced travel time by at least a week.
How did the Erie Canal effect western lands?
A lot of farmers lived there and they needed water for there crops!
Major water transportation route connects NYC and Lake Erie and points west?
The Erie Canal was built to connect Lake Erie to the Hudson River. The Hudson River empties into the Atlantic Ocean. This allows shipping to the Atlantic Ocean from Lake Erie.
What are the two towns located at either end of the Erie Canal?
Albany was on the east end and Buffalo was on the west side of the canal.
What canal significantly reduced the time and money to ship goods between the east and west coast of the US?
erie canal
What increased commerce between new york city and the west?
Erie Canal
