How did the limited supply of trees in the 1990s affect Washington State? Larger sawmills closed and were replaced with smaller operations.

The demand for labor in Washington State increased.

Smaller sawmills closed and thousands of jobs disappeared.

Many new towns were developed in newly cleared areas.

Smaller sawmills closed and thousands of jobs disappeared.

Explanation: During the first decades of significant settlement, logging was very much a small organization enterprise. Often a few men would set up a site near the shore of Puget Sound, cut down all of the surrounding trees, and overload the closest ship for transport to California.

the correct answer is b

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.