JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Native Americans generally settled where they wanted to.
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Most Native Americans fled to Canada for protection from U.S. forces.
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Most Native Americans were practically forced to relocate to reservations.
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Native Americans pleaded with the government to create reservations for them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement BEST describes American policy towards Native Americans in the late 19th century? Native Americans generally settled where they wanted to.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement BEST describes American policy towards Native Americans in the late 19th century? Most Native Americans were practically forced to relocate to reservations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1850 and 1900, life for Native Americans changed drastically. Through U.S. government policies, American Indians were forced from their homes as their native lands were parceled out. The Plains, which they had previously roamed alone, were now filled with white settlers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some scholars divide the federal policy toward Indians in six phases: coexistence (1789–1828), removal and reservations (1829–1886), assimilation (1887–1932), reorganization (1932–1945), termination (1946–1960), and self-determination (1961–1985).
Detailed explanation-5: -Summarize how the U.S. governments policy toward Native Americans changed between the early 1800s and the 1850s. What caused this change? They pushed out Natives for gold and sliver, railroad expansion, and white Settlers wanted the land to farm on, Indians also put on reservation.