The national road was built to a. provide work for veterans of the war of 1812 b. facilitate westward migration c. encourage a political alliance between virginia and illinois d. permit easy troop movements across america in the event of war e. enable the president to reach washington easily samuel slater transformed american economic life by a. introducing the assembly line system to factories b. proposing the use of immigrants as a labor supply c. integrating the steam engine with the factory production process d. smuggling plans out of great britain and opening the first textile factory in the united states e. expanding territory past the colorado river which answer has the least in common with the others? a. samuel slater b. manifest destiny c. james k. polk d. american expansionism e. imperialism all of the following are cases of the marshall court except a. marbury v. madison b. mcculloch v. maryland c. dartmouth college v. woodward d. dred scott v. sanford which of the following tribes was not one of the five civilized tribes? a. cherokees b. choctaws c. creeks d. hurons e. seminoles in gibbons v. ogden, the supreme court argued that congress had the authority to a. regulate navigation on rivers across state borders b. expel indians from within state borders c. limit trade with foreign countries d. buy and sell public lands e. cancel state financial obligations