Due to the railroads, American settlers were able to travel west in larger numbers. How did this migration impact Indigenous People?

Railroad expansion made it easier for settlers and hunters to move west, and commercial hunting greatly reduced the buffalo herds. Many Indigenous communities depended on buffalo for food, clothing, shelter, and other parts of daily life, so the destruction of the herds profoundly changed their way of life. The best answer is D, “Indigenous People’s way of life changed because buffalo herds were destroyed for commercial markets.”

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