the earliest large cities were located on waterfronts. How might new changes in transportation affect the location of cities ?
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Ships is the obvious answer.
Study the building of the railroads. How did things change once railroads went from coast to coast? How did people decide where to build railroads? Were some towns left out and others included? What do you think resulted from that?
Study the building of roads and highways. in particular, what changes occurred because of the building of the Interstate Highway system begun by President Eisenhower?
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=interstate+highway+system
What other forms of transportation have there been in the history of this country? Research those, too.
Study the building of roads and highways. in particular, what changes occurred because of the building of the Interstate Highway system begun by President Eisenhower?
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=interstate+highway+system
What other forms of transportation have there been in the history of this country? Research those, too.
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