WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Dawes General Allotment Act
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THe Homestead Act
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The Native American Homestead Act
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Senator Henry Dawes launched a campaign to “rid the nation of tribalism through the virtues of private property, allotting land parcels to Indian heads of family.” On February 8, 1887, the Dawes Allotment Act was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a result of the General Allotment Act of 1887 (also called the Dawes Act), 90 million acres of Indian land were taken out of Indian ownership and control. From 1887 to 1934, 60 million acres of “surplus” Indian lands were sold or transferred to non-Indians.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
Detailed explanation-4: -The assimilation policy of the Dawes Act failed because it didn’t take into account the social and cultural differences between the Native Americans and the white settlers.