The Plains Indians (Sioux, Comanche, Pawnee, Kiowa) successfully resisted U.S. expansion in part because they
a. had become skilled users of horses and firearms.
b. had resistance to diseases, which the settlers did not have.
c. used a legal system to their advantage.
d. were far superior warriors.
e. had adopted the techniques of nonviolent resistance.
ANSWER:
a
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