In the early 1800s, the growth of trade between western settlements and eastern towns and cities was encouraged by the development of: a. canals b. railroads c. turnpikes d. non of the above

Option: Canals

Explanation:

In the early 1800s, the trade was encouraged between the West and East cities by the development of canals.  The settlers transported their goods on boats along rivers and canals to the ports. From ports, large steamships carried goods and people from one place to another, which later transformed by the coming of the railroad in the frontier.    

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.