RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE INDIAN WARS STRUGGLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND SETTLERS
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Question
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The Sioux were forced to give up the Black Hills.
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The US government sent in the US army to increase patrols and force those resisting onto reservations.
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The US government was forced to sign a new peace treaty with the Sioux allowing them to keep control of the Black Hills.
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Indian reservations were broken up into small farming plots under the Dawes Act of 1887.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. Thus, Native Americans registering on a tribal “roll” were granted allotments of reservation land.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The cause of the war was the desire of the US government to obtain ownership of the Black Hills. Gold had been discovered in the Black Hills, settlers began to encroach onto Native American lands, and the Sioux and the Cheyenne refused to cede ownership.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following best describes the reasons why the Dawes Act was passed? The Dawes Act was passed to make American Indians property owners and to open up more land for white settlers.