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Why did the US government build an interstate highway system in the 1950s?
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Why did the US government build an interstate highway system in the 1950s?

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an implied power, because the constitution allows it to regulate interstate commerce.

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Answer:President Eisenhower supported the Interstate System because he wanted a way of evacuating cities if the United States was attacked by an atomic bomb. Defense was the primary reason for the Interstate System. The Interstate System was launched by the Interstate Defense Highway Act of 1956.

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