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1. Which geographic features especially challenged settlers on oregon trial?
Cliffs and caves
state borders and plains
rivers and mountains
flat grassland
2. How did settlers claim ownership of the land in pacific northwest?
They farmed the land for four years
land had to be cleared
the building of structures established a claim
they had to make a treaty with local native americans
3. Why were settlers reluctant to settle in the area of washington before 1846?
It had been reserved for the pacific northwest tribes
it was owned by the Hudson Bay Company
it was part of the French colonies
It wasnt certain that washington would be part of the u.s
4.How could wagons limit the travel of early settlers?
They were not large enough to carry the necessities
They could not easily travel across rivers.
they had to be pulled by at least four oxen
They were not built for long distance travel.
5. Why did settlers bypass the whitemans missonary settlment in easter washington durring the later years of westward expansion?
Settlers where required to pay large fees for passage through the area.
the government set aside the area for native american tribes
native american in the area had become hostile
the missonaries where sotile to new settlers
