Question

How did traders, trappers, and mountain men affect westward movement?

a) They spread tales of bountiful natural resources and friendly Native Americans in the American West
b) They created trapping and trading trails that eventually became important travel routes
c) They sent-back high-grade leather and lumber that was used to make caravans that could survive the trip west
d) They created detailed maps of the west showing the best routes for pioneers to create wagon trails

Answer 1

i think its B;

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Answer 2

b) They created trapping and trading trails that eventually became important travel routes

Step-by-step explanation:

Traders, trappers and mountain men had routes that they had to transit to move from east to west, this later helped to create routes that were used by regular people to move west to populate the western lands, since they already had routes and places where it was safe and secure to transit.