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)

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They gave up bison hunting to drill for oil.
They gave up bison hunting to drill for oil.

They hunted bison the same as the Indigenous nations they displaced.
They hunted bison the same as the Indigenous nations they displaced.

They replaced bison hunting with crop farming.
They replaced bison hunting with crop farming.

They replaced bison hunting with raising cattle.

Answer 1

The statement that correctly evaluates how U.S. settlers in the 1870s–1880s chose to exploit the Texas Plains after capturing them from Indigenous nations is:

They replaced bison hunting with raising cattle.

During this period, settlers shifted their focus from hunting bison, which had been a primary source of sustenance for Indigenous populations, to cattle ranching, capitalizing on the fertile plains for raising cattle to meet the growing demand for beef.