THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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a. it took tribal lands from Native Americans, cut them into family-sized parcels, and sold leftover land to whites
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a. it put bounties on buffalo, with the goal of starving the Native Americans
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a. it gave free land to white settlers
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it allowed the railroads to build on private land
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
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: -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.