The most significant and largest public works project of the federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower involved
A) a nuclear energy program.
B) the space program.
C) a federal highway system.
D) a national healthcare system.
E) a large tax cut.

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The federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower's leadership started the construction of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act. This act authorized the construction of the national highway system of approximately 41,000 miles of interstate highways, connecting major urban centers and military bases across the United States. This highway system was aimed to improve transportation, national defense, and economic development of the country. Therefore, the most significant and largest public works project of the federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower was the construction of the federal highway system.

The Most Significant and Largest Public Works Project of the Federal