Interactive Map – Chapter 26: Defense and Mobility

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. Click on the different colors and highway symbols on the map. What impact did the construction of interstate highways have on the West?

It opened lightly populated areas to new development, enabled suburban growth, and created markets for a new roadside economy correct incorrect

It increased pollution correct incorrect

It led to an increase in crime rates correct incorrect

It facilitated illegal immigration from Mexico correct incorrect

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. Click on the symbol for "Major Sunbelt city". Note that each one has at least one interstate highway running through it. What was the most consequential effect of interstate highways being built through cities?

They increased pollution correct incorrect

They increased noise correct incorrect

They increased crime correct incorrect

They split cities, obliterating centuries-old patterns of urban development correct incorrect

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