Question

What was the effect of improved transportation on the economy of the United States in the early 1800s?


It allowed inventors to share ideas more quickly.


The economy went into a recession due to increased transportation costs.


Fewer people were needed to produce goods.


It caused a transition from a subsistence economy to a market economy.

Answer 1

I believe it is the 4th because of the fact that the transportation of goods could now be moved a lot faster compared to what it used to be with steamboat or horseback. For example the south could now sell their corn meal to the northern mills a lot faster than before.