FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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It was committed to settling the Western territories.
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It was concerned about conserving natural resources.
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It was unwilling to move American Indian tribes to reservations.
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It was determined to break up business trusts harmful to free enterprise.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Pacific Railway Act demonstrate about the federal government? It was concerned about conserving natural resources.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Homestead Act increased the number of people in the western United States. Most Native Americans watched the arrival of homesteaders with unease. As more settlers arrived, they found themselves pushed farther from their homelands or crowded onto reservations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Native Americans used natural resources in every aspect of their lives. They used animal skins (deerskin) as clothing. Shelter was made from the material around them (saplings, leaves, small branches, animal fur). Native peoples of the past farmed, hunted, and fished.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian reservation system was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle. The reservation system allowed indigenous people to govern themselves and to maintain some of their cultural and social traditions.
Detailed explanation-5: -Tribes were also often underpaid for the land allotments, and when individuals did not accept the government requirements, their allotments were sold to non-Native individuals, causing American Indian communities to lose vast acreage of their tribal lands.