WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Their superior trapping and trading skills stimulated the new region’s economy.
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Many built shelters for westward travelers to keep warm during the winter months.
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Many used their knowledge of the terrain to help settlers make it through the mountains.
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They would protect white settlers from American Indian groups so they could safely reach the new region.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following best reflects the role that mountain men had in the expansion into Oregon Country? Their superior trapping and trading skills stimulated the new region’s economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did mountain men help to Americans migrate west? Mountain men played a vital role in western settlement because they carved out several east-to-west passages that the wagon trains followed. What were reasons that Americans moved west during the 1830s and 1840s? Farmers moved west to farm vast, rich lands.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first Americans to live in the Oregon Country were fur traders. These men trapped beaver for their skins. Fur companies bought the skins to sell in the United States and Europe. The fur trappers were called mountain men.
Detailed explanation-4: -Free land in Oregon and the possibility of finding gold in California lured them westward. At the same time, eastern churches wanted to teach American Indians of the Oregon Country their European ideas of “civilization.” Many simply hoped for a chance to start a new life.
Detailed explanation-5: -In what way did mountain men and trappers prepare the West for settlement? They mapped trails and helped build forts. What can you infer about the way Mormons were treated in the East? They were an unpopular minority group.