Question

The Erie Canal helped in which of the following ways?

It connected the Great Lakes.
It connected the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
It made transportation slow because of the direction of it.
It connected the Ohio River with Lake Erie.

Answer 1

It connected the Great Lakes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Erie Canal is about 363 miles waterway and connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York.it provides a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest causing large-scale commercial and agricultural development.it first opened in 1825 and was considered an engineering marvel and in 2000 the U.S. Congress pronounced the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor.

Answer 2

The answer is A. it connected the Great Lakes, they did this because it would make it easier for trade to come about to those areas, it would make it easier to transport their goods.