After the Construction of the Lancaster Turnpike and the Cumberland

question 49

Multiple Choice

After the construction of the Lancaster Turnpike and the Cumberland (National) Road,road building slowed somewhat because of

• A) corruption in construction contracts.
• B) the inability to construct hard-surface highways.
• C) eastern states' opposition.
• D) the steamboat and canal boom.
• E) the reluctance of shippers to move their products by road.

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