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In the early nineteenth century, the proposal to build a 363-mile canal connecting the Hudson River to Lake Erie was widely mocked as an impossibility. Critics dubbed the project "Clinton's Folly," mocking New York Governor DeWitt Clinton's ambitious plan to cut through dense forests, swampy wilderness, and solid rock. Skeptics argued that the young nation lacked the engineering expertise and financial resources to complete such a monumental undertaking.
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[1] _________ The canal reduced shipping costs by up to ninety percent and turned New York City into the nation's premier commercial port. Towns along the canal route grew into bustling cities almost overnight. The success of the project sparked a nationwide canal-building boom, proving that the daring engineering feat was not a folly at all, but a vital artery for a growing nation.
Which choice provides the most effective transition from the preceding paragraph to the paragraph that follows?
- AConsequently, the canal transformed the state's economy, reducing shipping costs.
- Once the canal opened in 1825, however, the doubts quickly evaporated.Cevap
- CThe canal was finally completed after years of difficult labor, it immediately changed the state's economy.
- DWhile critics had doubted the project, the completed canal will transform the economy.