Question

Which of the following is a way that western expansion impacted the Plains Indians? A. Expansion allowed the Plains Indians to be employed on the railroad. B. Expansion provided more food for the Plains Indians. C. Expansion severely depleted fresh water supplies. D. Expansion severely limited the buffalo population.

Answer 1

D. Expansion severely limited the buffalo population.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The western expansion included construction of rail roads that passed through the great plains.
• The railroads passed through the plains, affecting the landscape of the plains permanently.
• This also made the game animals that the plain Indians used for food diminish.
• As a result, the plain Indians rose defend the destruction of their natural environment by the expansion efforts of the western.