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What impact did the expansion of railroads in the West have on the American Indians who lived there? They were displaced from their tribal lands. They moved into towns and lived among the new settlers. They stopped farming and took jobs in factories. They were forced to move to Mexico.

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Answer: Railroads had more obvious calamitous effects on western Indians. By tapping into the interior, the railroads brought settlement to vast sections of the West that would likely have remained far less affected without them.

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