RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE INDIAN WARS STRUGGLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND SETTLERS
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Dawes Act
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McKinley Act
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Indian Homestead Act
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Billy Bill
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was passed by Congress in response to pressure from reform-minded whites trying to solve the “Indian problem” by promoting Native Americans’s assimilation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions. As a result of the Dawes Act, over ninety million acres of tribal land were stripped from Native Americans and sold to non-natives.
Detailed explanation-3: -Assimilation was a major goal of Native American policies in the late 19th century. Assimilation is the process of taking individuals or social groups and absorbing them into mainstream culture. After families claimed their allotments, any remaining tribal lands were declared “surplus” land.
Detailed explanation-4: -On February 4, 1887, both the Senate and House passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which applied the Constitution’s “Commerce Clause”-granting Congress the power “to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States”-to regulating railroad rates.