bankruptcy costs texas

The completion of the Erie Canal in the early 19th century aided the economic development of the United States
by…
1) supplying water for the irrigation of western farms
2)lowering the cost of shipping goods from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast
3)providing a shipping route for cotton from the South to Europe
4)supplying waterpower for running factories and mills
and
During the first half of the 19th century, the construction of canals and roads led to the..?
1) expansion of trade between Midwestern farmers and eastern merchants
2)growth of plantation agriculture in Texas and New Mexico
3)severe economic decline of the South
4)bankruptcy of several railroad companies in the Mississippi Valley
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