An effect of transportation improvements on settlements was that:

People were willing to live farther away from their work.

Explanation:

The effect of transportation improvements on settlements was that people were willing to live farther away from their work.  The improvement resulted to an increase in the number of settlements far away from factories and urban centres as people could easily commute between their homes and work. This  was through the development of National roads, steamboats and the construction of canals which facilitated the transportation of people and goods.

roosevelt essentially took the opposite approach as hoover in taking on the great depression. herbert hoover thought that america and its economy could naturally recover from the depression in due course, so he adamantly restrained the federal government from intervening on behalf of the people affected. on the other hand, roosevelt dramatically increased employment by expanding the federal government and establishing agencies that would aid in relieving some of the country's worst problems.