Do you agree with thomas jefferson’s belief that building the erie canal was “little short of madness” for the time? why or why not?

Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) did not feel confident about building the Erie Canal, because such an ambitious project was impossible to complete.  

Explanation:

Fortunately, Dewitt Clinton (1769 - 1828), who was the Mayor of New York City at that time, was in favor of the idea and when he became governor, he pushed through legislation to start building canal in 1817. Canal was completed in 1825 and it ignited first great western migration and made New York City a commercial powerhouse.

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.

swahili is an extremely rich and complex civilization, a set of ethnic groups articulated by a language and a series of cultural elements that fuse the african traditions, islam and indian culture. this growth was largely a result of the indian ocean trading network that brought in not just man-made riches, but also religious ideas, specifically islam, which had a significant impact on the local culture. furthermore, the development of the swahili language gave a common cultural unity to the people.