WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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White settlers forced Native Americans to reservations and forced them to learn the English language and American culture
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White settlers allowed Native Americans to practice their cultural traditions as long as they didn’t bother the American citizens
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many American leaders in the 1870s and 1880s thought that Indians should be encouraged or even forced to assimilate. That means they wanted Indians to leave their tribes and ways of life, and instead adopt American ways of life. (Assimilation means to blend into a different culture.)
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -This act provided tribal members dual citizenship in their enrolled tribe and with the United States. The passage of the act was less of a recognition of Native Americans’ contributions to and place in American, but a last-ditch effort to erase Native culture.
Detailed explanation-4: -Since there was no more Western territory to push them towards, the U.S. decided to remove Native Americans by assimilating them. In 1885, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hiram Price explained the logic: “it is cheaper to give them education than to fight them.”