GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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opened inland ports, which reduced the influence and power of New York City as an Atlantic port
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forced shippers in Minnesota along the Mississippi River to raise rates in order to remain competitive
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made wagons and stagecoaches in the northeast United States obsolete virtually overnight
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increased trade, commerce, settlement, and the spread of social and religious movements
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Detailed explanation-1: -The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important because it opened up a continuous route between the eastern seaboard and the Great Lakes. So D is the right answer. The Erie Canal is also significant because it connected Lake Erie and the Great Lakes system to the Hudson River.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development-as well as immigration-to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Erie Canal played a major part in commerce in the history of the United States. Its creation helped to make New York City the chief port in the United States and opened the western part of the state and other western territories to increased settlement and trade.