USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a reservation?
A
An area of land settlers were forced to move to and live on because Native Americans were moving west.
B
An area of land Native Americans were forced to move to and live on because of African Americans moving west.
C
An area of land the government was forced to move to and live on because of settlers moving west.
D
An area of land Native Americans were forced to move to and live on because of settlers moving west.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the divestment and removal of Native Americans from their homelands, the federal government restricted tribal members to reservations, which are legally defined portions of land allocated to federally recognized tribes.

Detailed explanation-2: -A federal Indian reservation is an area of land reserved for a tribe or tribes under treaty or other agreement with the United States, executive order, or federal statute or administrative action as permanent tribal homelands, and where the federal government holds title to the land in trust on behalf of the tribe.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “reservation” comes from the early days of Indian contact with the white people. The Indians gave up large portions of their land through treaties “reserving” a portion of the land for their own use. Reservations are usually small parcels of land on which Indian people were supposed to live.

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