The construction of roads by the western state governments was hampered by
a. a tax base inadequate to support the cost of construction.
b. widespread opposition to internal improvements by county governments.
c. the frontier sentiment that roads were unnecessary.
d. the hostility of the Shawnee and Miami Indians.
e. hostility of the state governments.
ANS: A
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