Question

The Erie Canal

a. was far longer than any other canal in the United States at that time.

b. attracted an influx of farmers migrating from Virginia and the Carolinas to the Northwest.

c. was strongly opposed by residents of Buffalo and Rochester, who feared their cities would lose business.

d. was championed by Pennsylvania governor William Findlay.

e. proved economically unviable and was abandoned within a decade of its opening.

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