WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
ROBBER BARONS
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Question
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The American Indians/Native Americans started a war with the American settlers.
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The American Indians/Native Americans found jobs because of the railroad.
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The American Indians/Native Americans gained land because of the railroad.
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The American Indians/Native Americans lost land because of the railroad.
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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: -This had a huge impact on the Plains Indians way of life. The land grants that the railroad companies were given took away land from the Plains Indians. It also greatly disrupted buffalo hunting, as fences around new white settler’s lands and the railroad blocked the buffalo migrations.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the railroad affect the Native Americans? The railroad nearly destroyed the Native Americans, pushing them off their lands and depleting their primary natural resource, bison. Hunting bison became a popular sport along the railroad.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.