Question 1 • AZ-US/AZ History B (SS302)
American Indian activists occupied Alcatraz Island from 1969 to 1971 to protest federal policies and call attention to Native rights and sovereignty. The occupation drew national attention to the unfair treatment and broken promises faced by American Indians. It did not directly create a new prison, pass a new law, or establish a university, so the best answer is D, “It brought awareness to the unfair treatment of American Indians.”
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