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The railroad contributed to the destruction of the bison herds.
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RafaThe Homestead Act gave a white intrusion of into the previously reserved Indian territory of Oklahoma. Also during The Homestead Act, Indian attacks were rare. Many new settlers gave the Indians food and goods to keep the peace. Yet fraud was common and most of the best land went to railroads and other corporations. By the late 1860's the numbers of buffalo had declined. To which many Great Plains Indian tribes such as Kiowas needed in order to survive. The Union Pacific hired hunters to kill buffalo in order to feed their hungry railroad workers as they built their railway across Indian lands. The Cheyenne, Arapho and Lakota Indians did not like this rail-way going through their land and much less hoarding of buffalo. So they invaded freight cars, de-railed trains and, caused wars with surveying crews. Leaving the Union Pacific behind schedule.
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The railroad was often built through Native American territory and since they were unhappy with this they often conducted attacks that resulted in the deaths of many railroad workers.
It traspassed into native American land and at the time there was alot of conflict between white settlers taking over the native Americans lands. the transcontinental railroad took away some of theyre land.
settlers would ride the train, and shoot the buffalo as a sport. killing off the Native Americans' major food supply. Builders of the railroad and settlers brought disease to the Native Americans
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What were the effects of the european immigration on the native americans?
The Europeans started to use the Native Americans as slaves.
How were the Native Americans effected by the first transcontinental railroad?
The railroads increased immigration by those of European descent. This put additional pressure on Native Americans as it increased incursions onto their land and competition for the natural resources on which they relied.
Describe the effects as colonists interacted with native Americans?
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What were the negative effects of the transcontinental railroad?
It made many Native Americans have to leave their reservation, they had trouble living and surviving after this.It polluted the aircreated more jobs ( like the job of building the railroads) that abused and under-paid their workers ( mostly immigrants)
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