RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Native Americans must be encouraged to retain their customs
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Native Americans need to move from their tribal lands onto reservations
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Settlers should be educated about the culture of Native Americans
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Management of Native American affairs should be shifted to the states
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Detailed explanation-1: -For most of the middle part of the 19th century, the U.S. government pursued a policy known as “allotment and assimilation.” Pursuant to treaties that were often forced upon tribes, common reservation land was allotted to individual families.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following statements best describes the US government’s American Indian policy in the early 1800s? The government first hoped for assimilation, but later pursued removal.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.