How did the natural environment affect travel to the west

The natural environment affected travel west because of a number of land masses that had to be traversed in order to reach the West Coast of the United States. The Mississippi River along with other major rivers like the Colorado (depending on the route taken) had to be crossed. In addition the Rocky Mountains posed a serious challenge in order to reach the Western United States. Beyond the Rockies there are also the Sierra Nevada mountains and deserts in Nevada, California, and Arizona that must be crossed to reach the West Coast. Therefore, there are a number of challenging environmental features that had to be crossed to reach the Western United States. 

question 1

the reasons for the global discontent in the early 1900s were the following:

desire for independence   was the main fight of many territories which were still under the control of colonial powers. dissatisfaction with peace terms of wwi . the best example is the case of germany, that was forced by the peace treaties to pay very expensive war reparations to the winners of wwi. some time later, german leaders broke relations and stopped recognizing the authority of those who imposed sanctions on their country, counting with the support of the population that was suffering the important economic consequences of the payment of reparations. overproduction of consumer goods which led to hyperinflation scenarios and very week currencies and economies.

question 2

the reasons for the great depression were the following, and these led to wall street crash in october 1929 and caused the subsequent great recession period.

high personal debt, that ended up with many bankrupt investors. falling stock price as everybody was getting rid of the stocks, many because they could not meet the amounts of money required by the margins that backed their investments.

question 3

italy: led by the fascists and benito mussolini   and promised to restore the greatness of the roman empire. germany: led by adolph hitler and the nazi party and conducted anti-jewish riots in austriajapan: was controlled by aggressive military leaders and invaded countries for their resources

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That is true , instead try to have a sit down talk with them