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.

The correct answer is A) they were displaced from their tribal lands.

The impact that the expansion of the railroads in the West had on the American Indians who lived there was that they were displaced from their tribal lands.

The construction of the Transcontinental railroad that connected the East coast of the United States to the West Coast brought many benefits for transportation and trade, but it also brought consequences to the Native American tribes that were settled there. Most of the tribes that were settled there many years before the arrival of the railroad were forced to leave their lands and were displaced.

The impact the expansion of railroads in the West had on the American Indians who lived there was that they were displaced from their tribal lands.