Why did americans first travel across the great plains? they were passing through on their way to the west coast. they wanted to seek silver and gold there. they wanted to befriend the plains indians. they were surveying land like lewis and clark did.

They wanted to seek silver and gold there

They wanted to seek silver and gold there.

Explanation:

Most of these settlers and adventurers sought to exploit the many economic opportunities afforded by the new land. Trappers and farmers, miners and merchants, hunters, ranchers, teachers, household servants, and prostitutes, among others, headed west seeking their fortune. Others sought religious freedom or new converts to Christianity. Whatever the reason, the pioneers formed an unceasing migratory stream flowing across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.

the answer is d. party organizers, volunteers, voters and elected officials.

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