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which of the following was a result of the construction of the erie canal?

a. new york city suffered an economic downturn.

b. large numbers of people migrated from the northeast to the south.

c. new cities were built along the shores of the great lakes.

d. trade decreased and unemployment increased.

Construction of the Erie Canal led to building new new cities along with the shores of the Great Lakes.

Option C

Explanation:

Erie canal is one of the most important trade routes in the city of New York and almost all the cities in New York are near this trade route of Erie Canal and these cities took a lot of benefits from this trade route.

This led to the decrease in the cost of the transportation of goods from one place to another and also increased the trade between places. This also led to increase in the employment opportunities of these places but the exception in this case were Binghamton and Elmira.

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