Question

How did most miners and pioneers migrate to the West?

1.They hiked on foot to the West.
2.They rode in wagons to the West.
3.They rode in cars to the West.
4.They rode by train to the West.

Answer 1

The answer was actually wagons.

Answer 2

2.They rode in wagons to the West

and

4.They rode by train to the West.

Step-by-step explanation:

The way of transportation depends on the time of moving - before 1859. railroads weren't in the construction, and only around the 1870s, the railroad went all the way from East to West.

Before the 1850s, most of the miners and pioneers, especially t the beginning of the wave of moving, used wagons. They carried all the supplies and things in the huge wagons pulled by oxen. Because the wagons were heavy and oxen slow, the moving was slow.

This all changed with the construction of the railroad that helped a lot. In 1895. there were already 5 major railroads operating in Iowa, so if people were living near the train or were moving around this time, they were more likely to use the train to ride to the West.