Oh, good for you.
Congratulations!
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What was the highway that enabled thousands of settlers to make the journey to the Northwest Territory of the United States? Time: Between the Constitution and the Civil War. They built an important road that is still there and today is called Highway 40, I think.
The Oregon Trail ?????
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_70
It sometimes is called the "Broadway of
America".
No, that's not it. It lead from the far east to around the Ohio area of the country. It was built around the time the Erie Canal was built. Before the Baltimore Ohio railroad. Here is the exact wording, I have to fill in the blanks:
The highway that enabled thousands of settlers to make the journey to the Northwest Territory was the ( )
Road.
The Northwest Territory included what we now call the states of Oregon and Washington. That's why I immediately thought of the Oregon Trail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Ohio is hardly in the Northwest Territory.
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LOL I know, but it's what the problem says! and I thought I remembered it ending around Ohio, but maybe I'm wrong. But was the Oregon trail considered ( ) Road? What would I fill that blank in with? It certainly wasn't called "Oregon Road"!! LOL
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Writeacher,
I found the answer, it was the Cumberland Road. Go to Wikipedia and look up "Cumberland Road" if you want to know more about it!
Writeacher? Are you there?