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The National Road was also known as the?
cumberland road
Why was the Cumberland road important?
It was the first road made by the government.
What two cities did the national road connect?
Vandalia and Cumberland.
When did the wilderness road open?
The Wilderness Road opened in 1775 when adventurer Daniel Boone blazed the trail the road followed. It went from Fort Chiswell in the colony of Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into part of central Kentucky.
What rivers did the national road cross and what states did it pass through?
Built between 1811 and 1837, the National Road (Cumberland Road) connected the Potomac and Ohio valleys. It crossed the Ohio River in Wheeling, then in Virginia. The road began in Cumberland, Maryland, went west through southwestern Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, and Indiana, as far as Vandalia, Illinois.This was only about 50 miles from the present site of St. Louis, Missouri on far (west) side of the Mississippi River.
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