Americans decided to slaughter thousands of bison because... А
the Plains Indians used the buffalo in battle.
B
Americans could not develop houses in the Midwest until they were
killed.
American advancement to the west could not continue if they were
threatened by wild buffalo.
the U. S. government knew that many of the Plains Indians depended
on the buffalo for survival.

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a.the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b.a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died