Look at the following chart, which describes actions in the United States following World War II, and answer the question below.
The Federal-Aid Highway
Act of 1944:
Increased funds for
federal-aid highway
programs to create a
national system of
Interstate highways
The Federal-Aid Highway
Act of 1956:
Planned to link 90 percent-
of the cities with
populations of 50,000 or
greater and many other
cities and towns
What was a major result of these acts?
prevented the decline of small town industries
avoided the shortage of farm laborers in rural areas
met the transportation demands of growing suburbs
accommodated the influx of migrants into inner-city areas