Multiple choice

What act attempted to Americanize the Indians?

  1. Tammany Hall Act

  2. Dawes Act

  3. Pendelton Act

  4. Free Trade Act

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots, with the goal of assimilating Native Americans into mainstream American society.