WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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They made maps
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The blazed trails
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Provided Americans with first hand accounts of the West
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All of these are true
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None of these are true
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mountain men opened up the West by discovering the best trails through the Rockies. In this section, you will learn about the trails–and why pioneers followed them west. Mountain men spent most of the year alone, trapping small animals such as beavers.
Detailed explanation-2: -mountain man, any of the pioneers of the North American Rocky Mountain West who went to that region first as fur trappers. Attracted by the beaver in virgin streams, the trappers became the explorers of the Far West. The most experienced trappers were the French, who were joined by American and Spanish fur traders.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Mountain Men” was the name given to trappers who were lured west by the profits of the fur trade. They moved into Oregon Country, the huge, barely chart-ed area beyond the Rockies, where the forests and mountains were home to beaver and other fur-bearing animals. These men opened the way for later set-tlers.
Detailed explanation-4: -They became explorers, guides and even government officials. The mountain men did not just wander around the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains creating material for adventure stories and tall tales, they were instrumental in exploring and settling the land west of the Mississippi.