Multiple choice

Which of the following was a goal of the Dawes Act of 1887?

  1. Lure Native Americans to migrate to the frontier

  2. Entice Native Americans to move to urban areas

  3. Give Native Americans jobs in the federal bureaucracy

  4. Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Dawes Act aimed to break up tribal lands and assimilate Native Americans into white society by encouraging them to become individual farmers. It sought to replace communal land ownership with private property.

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