RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Farmer land was divided up and given to Native Americans as tribal land
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Helped Native Americans with financial problems
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Made it illegal for Natives to vote
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Tribal Lands were divided up and given to Native American families
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots. Only those Native Americans who accepted the individual allotments were allowed to become US citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the Dawes Act? The Dawes Act (sometimes called the Dawes Severalty Act or General Allotment Act), passed in 1887 under President Grover Cleveland, allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
Detailed explanation-3: -Approved on February 8, 1887, “An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations, ” known as the Dawes Act, emphasized severalty – the treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes.