FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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by helping Native Americans receive training for employment
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by simplifying the process for Native Americans to become U.S. citizens
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by encouraging Native Americans to own private property, become farmers, and leave reservations.
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by reducing Native Americans’ dependence on U.S. government aid programs
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -After 25 years each individual would receive United States citizenship and fee simple title to their land. Tribal lands not allotted to Native Americans on the reservation were to be sold to the United States and the land would be opened for homesteading.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. Thus, Native Americans registering on a tribal “roll” were granted allotments of reservation land.