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Expansion and Indigenous Peoples

Question 6 • Summer - US History 3533 - S1

Which of the following laws committed money for establishing additional American Indian reservations?

Answer
A
the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851
B
the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871
C
the Indian Appropriations Act of 1885
D
the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889

Explanation

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provided federal money to establish reservations and move American Indian nations onto them. The later 1871 act ended the federal practice of making treaties with tribes, rather than funding the creation of additional reservations.

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