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 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.

They gave up bison hunting to drill for oil.

1 answer

The correct statement is:

They replaced bison hunting with raising cattle.

In the 1870s–1880s, U.S. settlers in the Texas Plains primarily shifted from hunting bison to raising cattle, which became a significant part of the economic landscape in the region.