the buffalo was virtually exterminated in the 1860s and 1870s for all of the following reasons except..?

Question

a - the people raveling in the area needed food & supplied
b ) the meat industry needed meat for its eastern markets
c - raidroad companies hired hunters to kill buffalo
d - hunters shot the animals for a sport
e - the clothing industry used the hides

Answer 1

There are a couple there which look suspect to me. Shouldn't be too hard to google for an answer though, one that will stick. Good luck with that.

Answer 2

The real answer is not even on the list! It was General Philip Sheridan's idea, and was approved by General-in-Chief Sherman. Bascially Sheridan applied the lessons he learned in the Shenendoah Valley of Virginia during the Civil War. As long as the Plains Indians had the buffalo as a food source they would continue their nomadic lifestyle, but if the buffalo were killed they would be forced onto the reservations. Though there was a demand for buffalo meat and hides at one time, it didn't drive their near extermination. In fact, most buffalo were left where they were shot. In yet another irony, many former Confederate soldiers earned bounty money destroying buffalo.

Answer 3

E. I do not remember buffalo clothing

Answer 4

i would guess d