Why Did US

Why did U.S. military leaders encourage the slaughter of buffalo in the latter third of the 19^th century?

A) Troops had to feed themselves because a stalled Congress blocked funds for the military.
B) U.S. officers worried that buffalos were destroying the fragile Midwestern wheat crop.
C) They understood that the destruction of the buffalo crippled the Indians of the Great Plains.
D) They considered the buffalo a dangerous animal that would prevent settlement in the West.