This act authorized the building of highways throughout the nation, which would be the biggest public works project in the nation's history. Popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 established an interstate highway system in the United States.F
Colonies wanted to establish their presence in the New World, Colonies would keep other European countries from trying to claim land and Colonies would keep problems with American Indians in the area to a minimum.
