WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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divided Native American tribal lands in individual holdings
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promoted the preservation of Native American cultural identity
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set up the reservation system
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granted citizenship to Native Americans
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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: -Which of the following was a result of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 ? It encouraged cooperative landownership among American Indians.