History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1831 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Interstate Highways
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The idea
In nineteen fifty-six Eisenhower authorised the interstate highway system, which Digital History calls the largest public works project in the history of the world.
In practice
Forty-six thousand three hundred miles of interstates, with the federal government paying ninety percent of the construction cost.
Where people slip
Digital History adds that the highways slashed through city neighbourhoods and eased white flight to the suburbs.
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