Slate is much more commonly found in wet areas, especially around rivers in the United States, so it wouldn't be very available to Natives who were more inland.
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"(3) The federal government must protect the <span>nation’s lands from exploitation" sums up how Roosevelt felt about natural resources. He was the first to mak national parks. </span>
It would be D. It placed a limit on Western expansion in North America in order to end struggles with the Native Americans.