USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

JACKSONIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Bureau of Indian Affairs was a
A
group established by the Mississippi legislature to track Native American deaths.
B
federal agency designed to negotiate with Creek and Chickasaw Indians.
C
congressionally-approved office established to protect the ways of Native Americans.
D
federal agency created to manage the removal of Native Americans to the West.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The mission of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives.

Detailed explanation-2: -The BIA carries out its core mission to serve 574 Federally recognized tribes through four offices. The Office of Indian Services operates the BIA’s general assistance, disaster relief, Indian child welfare, tribal government, Indian Self-Determination, and reservation roads programs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Secretary of War John C. Calhoun administratively established the BIA within the his department on March 11, 1824. Congress later legislatively established the bureau and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs post via the act of July 9, 1832 (4 Stat. 564).

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