Question
1. What migration pattern occurred because of the belief that the Great Plains was too dry for farming?
Settlers skipped over the Great Plains and moved west to Oregon and California.
Mountain men helped to open the Orego Country to settlers mainly by?
They mapped trails and acted as guides for settlers traveling west.
Why was Independence, Missouri, an important place in the 1840s?
It was the main starting point for settlers traveling west on the Oregon Trail.