Question 5 • ELPGEQ3 M/J U.S. History - 2100015 HCPS v24
Westward expansion brought Native Americans into more contact with settlers and trading networks, creating some new opportunities to trade and earn income. The other choices describe benefits they generally did not gain: Native Americans had little political representation, did not gain broad markets for manufactured goods, and often faced increased—not reduced—disruption to traditional food sources.
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