Question

An illustration shows a line of covered wagons traveling along a trail through the wilderness.
Question
Use the image to answer the question.
What was the biggest threat of traveling west in the manner shown in the illustration?
(1 point)
Responses

Disease spread quickly because the travelers lived so close together.
Disease spread quickly because the travelers lived so close together.

Individual wagons would oftentimes be separated from the group.
Individual wagons would oftentimes be separated from the group.

Settlers were unable to purchase or trade for goods along the way.
Settlers were unable to purchase or trade for goods along the way.

Groups faced the possibility of ambush by hostile natives.

Answer 1

Disease spread quickly because the travelers lived so close together.

(Contagious illnesses such as cholera were a leading cause of death on overland trails like the Oregon Trail.)