Question 4 • Crowley Credit Recovery US History Studies Since 1877 A
The Dawes Act of 1887 divided tribal lands into individual allotments, assigning parcels to American Indian families and opening remaining land to non-Native settlers. This policy aimed to promote assimilation by encouraging individual land ownership, rather than preserving communal customs. Therefore, the correct choice is distributing allotments to individual American Indian families.
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