Factors Eventually Leading to the Defeat of the Plains Indians

question 23

Multiple Choice

Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

• A) the arrival of the railroads in the West.
• B) disease.
• C) near-extermination of the buffalo.
• D) warfare with the U.S. army.
• E) extinction of Indian religious beliefs.

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