WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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The Dawes Act led to Americanization of the Indians.
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The Homestead Act made federal land available to settlers.
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The children of New Immigrants learned English in public schools.
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Congress prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions. As a result of the Dawes Act, over ninety million acres of tribal land were stripped from Native Americans and sold to non-natives.
Detailed explanation-2: -Only the Native Americans who accepted the division of tribal lands were allowed to become US citizens. This ended in the government stripping over 90 million acres of tribal land from Native Americans, then selling that land to non-native US citizens.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. Thus, Native Americans registering on a tribal “roll” were granted allotments of reservation land.
Detailed explanation-4: -Americanization policies were based on the idea that when indigenous people learned customs and values of the United States, they would be able to merge tribal traditions with American culture and peacefully join the majority of the society.
Detailed explanation-5: -The main idea of the Americanization movement was that Indians had to give up tribal loyalties and behaviors before they could adopt mainstream American values and assimilate into American society. The Dawes Act promoted this idea by encouraging Indians to become private property owners and farmers.