The Plains Indians Were Finally Forced to Surrender and End

question 45

Multiple Choice

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender and end their resistance to losing their lands

• A) because they were decimated by their constant intertribal warfare.
• B) when they realized that agriculture was more profitable than hunting.
• C) after such famous leaders as Geronimo and Sitting Bull were killed.
• D) when the government extended a better offer to relocate the Plains Indians to unoccupied, large Western lands.
• E) by the coming of the railroads and the virtual extermination of the buffalo.