Canal Costs

Which statement best explains the significance of Canal Costs for New York State?

• The Erie Canal reduced transportation costs between the interior and the Hudson River corridor.
• Auburn and Rochester were important New York locations in abolitionist history through figures such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
• Canals, roads, and railroads helped people, newspapers, and political ideas move through central and western New York.
• Control of the Hudson River corridor mattered during the American Revolution because it affected movement between New England and other colonies.