Interactive Map – Chapter 16: Indian Battles and Railroad Lines

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. While conflicts between Indians and immigrants preceded the advance of railroads across the West, which statement below correctly describes how this new technology accelerated conflict between the two groups?

Railroads facilitated the transport of military supplies and hastened the near extinction of the buffalo, an important food source for Indians

Many Indians were struck by oncoming trains each year; these deaths led to conflict

Railroads brought immigrants who carried diseases for which the Indians had no immunity

Railroads often destroyed sacred burial grounds of the Indians

. Examine the battles and massacres that took place during the Indian Wars. Which decade saw the most intensive fighting?

The 1850s

The 1860s

The 1870s

The 1880s

Interactive Map – Chapter 16: Indian Battles and Railroad Lines

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