The goals of the Dawes act were to 1) Make the Native Americans assimilate to the American culture 2) Get Native Americans used to owning their land and 3) .....

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

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The goals of the Dawes act were to 1) Make the Native Americans assimilate to the American culture 2) Get Native Americans used to owning their land and 3) ____

A	Make the Native Americans migrate to the frontier
B	Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural/farming lifestyle
C	Give Native Americans jobs in the government
D	Get the Native Americans to move to urban areas

Explanation:

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: -Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle The goal of the Dawes Act was to get the Native Americans to assimilate by making them independent farmers on land they owned.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Dawes Act outlawed tribal ownership of land and forced 160-acre homesteads into the hands of individual Indians and their families with the promise of future citizenship. The goal was to assimilate Native Americans into white culture as quickly as possible.

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USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS