An early company formed to construct a canal mostly in this state counted Aaron Burr and George Clark as board members, but fell apart in the aftermath of Burr’s treasonous plot to start a breakaway country. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this state home to the country’s longest canal, which was funded by the failed Mammoth Internal Improvement Act and envisioned by the state’s first governor, Jonathan Jennings.
ANSWER: Indiana [or IN]
[10e] Jennings advocated for the construction of Indiana’s portion of this “Main Street of America” that ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Andrew Jackson later vetoed a proposed extension of this federally funded project to Maysville, Kentucky.
ANSWER: National Road [or Cumberland Road; or National Pike]
[10m] This future Vice President was the last of three straight Representatives from Indiana to head the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. As Speaker of the House, this man instructed the House clerk to allow him to cast the final vote passing the Thirteenth Amendment.
ANSWER: Schuyler Colfax Jr.
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