Question

The development of the Erie Canal would most directly lead to... a. Increased food in the northwest, lessening the regions tied to the south and Midwest b. Increased trade between the northwest and Midwest, further isolating the south economically d. Decreased food farming the Midwest, increasing the regions ties to the northeast

Answer 1

The answer is(B) increased trade between Northwest and Midwest,further isolating the south economically.

Till the Erie Canal was not opened, New Orleans was the only port city with an all water route to the interior of the United States.The New Englanders and the Europeans were opposed to slavery but Northerners became more hardened and it set up confrontation.

It also transformed the Midwest into America's bread basket by the new settlers and reduced the dependence of the industrial North on the agriculturally dominant South.