WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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What obstacles did settlers face traveling west.
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mountains
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crossing rivers
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crossing the great plains
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Snow storms
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Lack of resources
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sandstorms were common crossing the plains. Also thunder storms, flooding or droughts could put a party in danger. Wagon trains could also be hit by disease. Cholera or typhus could strike and affected families would be left behind so as to not to spread the disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -The frontier settlers faced extreme hardships-droughts, floods, fires, blizzards, locust plagues, and occasional raids by outlaws and Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -They faced horrible weather, droughts, attacks from Native Americans, diseases, and bandits. There was little in the way of any law enforcement, so families traveling west were pretty much on their own.
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