When did American pioneer families set out to explore the west was it in the 1840s or the 1940s
Social Studies · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Answer: American pioneer families primarily set out to explore and settle the West during the 1840s, not the 1940s. This period of westward expansion is commonly associated with the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and other routes that pioneers traveled in wagon trains. The migration was predominantly motivated by opportunities for land ownership, the discovery of gold in California in 1848, and the concept of Manifest Destiny, which was the belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.