THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the Pacific Ocean
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the Great Lakes
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the Great Salt Lake
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the Gulf of Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -Erie Canal, historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway is a deep draft waterway extending 3, 700 km (2, 340 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean to the head of the Great Lakes, in the heart of North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Welland Canal lock system connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, enabling vessels to bypass Niagara Falls. And the St. Lawrence Seaway lock system has tamed the St. Lawrence River, enabling ships to sail from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean since 1959.
Detailed explanation-5: -St. Lawrence Seaway, continuous navigable deep waterway project from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, undertaken jointly by Canada and the United States and completed in 1959. The St. Lawrence Seaway opened North America’s industrial and agricultural heartlands to deep-draft ocean vessels.