Which statement correctly evaluates how U.S. settlers in the 1870s–1880s chose to exploit the Texas Plains after capturing them from Indigenous nations?(1 point) Responses They gave up bison hunting to drill for oil. They gave up bison hunting to drill for oil. They replaced bison hunting with raising cattle. They replaced bison hunting with raising cattle. They replaced bison hunting with crop farming. They replaced bison hunting with crop farming. They hunted bison the same as the Indigenous nations they displaced. They hunted bison the same as the Indigenous nations they displaced.
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The correct statement is: They replaced bison hunting with raising cattle.
In the 1870s and 1880s, U.S. settlers in the Texas Plains transitioned from hunting bison, which had significantly declined due to overhunting and habitat destruction, to raising cattle as a more sustainable and profitable agricultural practice.
