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Which statement best explains a way that pioneers adapted the land as they migrated westward to California and Oregon from 1830 to 1860? A They built steel bridges to cross large rivers. B They cut down forests to build steamboats. C They cleared land to create wagon trails. D They dug ditches to create canals

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Answer: C. They cleared land to create wagon trails.

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The land between California and Oregon was very hard to travel through with the wagons, so they artificially made paths by clearing the land so that the wagons could go across.

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