USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

GILDED AGE POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
From the 1880s to the New Deal, the dominant U.S. policy toward Native Americans was to try to
A
relocate all tribes to Oklahoma
B
preserve Native American customs and language
C
returning of Native lands taken before the Civil War
D
forced assimilation into white culture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -During the late 19th century, when most Native Americans were confined to reservations, the federal government engaged in a cultural assimilation campaign by forcing thousands of Native American children to attend boarding schools.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cultural assimilation of Native Americans refers to a series of efforts by the United States to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream European–American culture between the years of 1790 and 1920.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main goal of federal Indian policy from the late 1880s through World War II was to assimilate Indians into mainstream American culture.

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