In the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, Internal Improvements

question 64

Multiple Choice

In the first half of the nineteenth century, internal improvements:

• A) finally became the responsibility of the national government
• B) were supported mainly by people in the West
• C) were supported mainly by people in New England and the South
• D) were supported mainly by people who held to a strict interpretation of the Constitution
• E) caused the national debt to skyrocket

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