FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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the railroads helped the Natives move east
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Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
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the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and took away precious resources
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the railroads increased the amount of land the Natives had
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Transcontinental Railroad dramatically altered ecosystems. For instance, it brought thousands of hunters who killed the bison Native people relied on. The Cheyenne experience was different. The railroad disrupted intertribal trade on the Plains, and thereby broke a core aspect of Cheyenne economic life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Connecting the two American coasts made the economic export of Western resources to Eastern markets easier than ever before. The railroad also facilitated westward expansion, escalating conflicts between Native American tribes and settlers who now had easier access to new territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -What impact did the expansion of railroads in the West have on the American Indians who lived there? They were displaced from their tribal lands. What was one major effect of industrialization on American society? More people moved to urban areas.
Detailed explanation-4: -It encouraged American Indians to focus more on selling goods. Major railroads, including the Midland Valley, the Denison and Washita, and the Mineral Belt, were built between 1897 and 1907.