WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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How did passage of the Dawes Act affect Native American Indians?
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It supported their existing cultural traditions
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It started a series of Indian Wars on the Great Plains
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It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream American culture
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It forced their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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. Only the Native Americans who accepted the division of tribal lands were allowed to become US citizens.
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