Question

Which event best shows the destruction of the natural landscape due to the settlement of the West?
a. Many settlers were unable to farm the Great Plains due to the challenges of working with the land.
b. With hunting and habitat destruction, American settlers decimated the once-mighty bison herds.
c. The US government allocated certain regions of the West for American Indian reservations.
d. The ethnically diverse prospectors caused the population of San Francisco, California, to increase rapidly.
e. Many American settlers discovered that the mountains and deserts in the West were uninhabitable.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

Many settlers were unable to farm the Great Plains due to the challenges of working with the land.

The Great Plains land was not good for farming since it was very dry and flat. Settlers had to learn how to farm in that soil held together by grassroots, called sod. Settlers had to break through the sod to plant crops. Since there was not a lot of wood, they used sod to build homes.

Answer 2

Answer is A for plato users