One main impact of the spread of white settlement throughout the Great Plains and West during the late 1800's on the regional environment was
A) a steep decline in the existing bison (buffalo) population through hunting
B) a shift in the balance of the national population from rural to urban
C) the rise of Western politicians as the leading voices on federal issues
OD) the declining importance of industrial centers in the Northwest

the correct answer is b

the correct answer is "pioneers carried all of their possessions on long and dangerous trails".

the first wave of pioneers travelled in 1842. they were merely 100 people. the next year that sum climbed to 1000 men, women, and children. these people travelled around 2,000 miles to oregon in the hopes of a better life. although the first part of the trip didn't present many obstacles, as time and miles went by they learnt that threat came from simple things, like becoming ill due to unclean water or bad food.

the weather didn't much, as wagons couldn't protect them from storms. as they travelled through the desert, the intense heat caused wood to shrink. their own lips abscessed and split because of the dry air. the only cure for this was to rub axle grease on their lips.

even crossing rivers was dangerous. sometimes wheels were damaged by unseen rocks on shallow water. mud didn't much either. pioneers were afraid of indian attacks, but there aren't many records of fights between pioneers and native americans. accidents happened because of negligence, exhaustion, guns, and bad weather.

history says that 1 of 10 pioneers who travelled to oregon didn't survive the journey. diseases spread fastly because they didn't have doctors and medical care was ofently improvised. one of the most deadly diseases they came upon was cholera, which became a worldwide pandemia.

the lines on a surface map are called isobars. isobars are lines of constant pressure which are measured in units called millibars. the numbers indicate the amount of air pressure, in millibars, that each line represents.