Select ALL the correct answers. What are two ways that the information in the section titled "An Unexpected Effect" Influences the passage as a whole?
It explains how the canal established the best route for American superhighways and
railways.
It establishes the canal's influence on American culture beyond the merely
commercial aspects.
It emphasizes the role the canal has played in the development of American
recreational resources.
It describes how the ideal utopian lifestyle spread along the canal and became the
norm across America.
It illustrates the drive the canal created for the westward expansion of American
society.

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.