USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The term “internal improvements” refers to ____ a. Public spending projects to improve America’s infrastructure.
A
Public spending projects to improve America’s infrastructure.
B
The building of roads, canals, and turnpikes in the early-to-mid 1800s.
C
The focus on improving transportation systems throughout the United States.
D
All of the answer choices are correct.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Internal improvements” was a nineteenth-century term referring to investment in transportation projects such as roads, railroads, canals, harbors, and river navigation projects.

Detailed explanation-2: -Defining Infrastructure Investopedia defines infrastructure as “the general term for basic physical systems of a business region, or nation.” They emphasize that infrastructure systems “tend to be capital intensive and high cost investments, and are vital to a country’s economic development and prosperity.”

Detailed explanation-3: -1. It involves improvement of the quality of the various components of infrastructure, such as roads, power, ICT, water and sanitation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Internal improvements consisted of public works mainly for the creation of a transportation infrastructure, including roads, turnpikes, canals, harbors, and navigation improvements.

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