FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Question
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According to the federal government, what was the objective of the Dawes Act of 1887?
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to grant immediate and full citizenship rights to Native Americans
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to move Native Americans into the cities to supply industrial labor
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to encourage assimilation of Native Americans into mainstream American culture
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to restore lands to the Native Americans tribes that had lost lands to white settlers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The federal government aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture, which meant dividing tribal lands into individual plots. Only the Native Americans who accepted the division of tribal lands were allowed to become US citizens.
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