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Why did settlers in the Northwest choose not to settle in the Great Plains?

The Plains Indians would not allow it.
The trees on the Plains made farming difficult.
They did not think the land of the Plains was fertile.
Travel across the Plains was difficult.

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They didn’t believe the land was as fertile as it was due to lack of rain and climate
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Answer:

They did not think the land of the Plains was fertile.

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