Question

A) Why did American farmers prefer to settle in the Northwest rather than the Great Plains?

please answer both of these question.

B) How did the geography of the Great Plains affect U.S. settlements of that region in the early 1800s?

Answer 1

For part A: The Northwest had better lands for growing crops that they needed.

Part B: The American farmers thought that the land in the great plains wasnt good enough for farming

Answer 2

a- because of many problems with the land like tornado and native Americans\

b- they pushed passed it because it was not suitable for farming