Question

Which of the following best describes how settlers traveled west?
(1 point)
Responses

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

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

Explanation: River travel (flatboats, keelboats, later steamboats) was a common and practical way for settlers to move goods and people west (e.g., down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers).