which of the following best describes how settlers traveled west?

Question

-some settlers loaded their animals and wagons on flatboats to float down rivers
-many settlers traveled along with daniel boone across lake ontario to the gateway to the west
-most african americans were given their freedom so they could help clear the trails for other settlers
-settlers from new england traveled south to take over plantations in georgia and alabama

Answer 1

The statement that best describes how settlers traveled west is:

• some settlers loaded their animals and wagons on flatboats to float down rivers.

This option accurately reflects one of the methods that settlers used to navigate westward during the westward expansion in the United States. Settlers often used rivers for transportation and flatboats were commonly employed to carry goods and people.