What Impact Did the Erie Canal Have on New York

question 28

Multiple Choice

What impact did the Erie Canal have on New York City?

• A) It forced New York to support other canal projects.
• B) It turned New York into the nation's largest city.
• C) It affect New York very little since the canal was connected to Boston.
• D) It caused New York to build a new bureaucratic structure to manage the canal.
• E) It enabled immigrants arriving in New York to move South much quicker.

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