Expansion and Indigenous Peoples

Question 1

Which of these goals best reflected the aims of the reformers who promoted assimilation?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to teach American Indians English and to convert them to Christianity

Question 2

Which of these policies was addressed in your answer?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

reservations; assimilation; allotment

Question 3

Take a close look at this advertisement.Based on the advertisement, what other motivation for passing the Dawes Act might have existed?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to obtain American Indian lands for settlement

Question 4

Which of the following statements supports the senator’s argument?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The stated goals of the Dawes Act are different from the act’s real purpose.; The Dawes Act is not a humanitarian act meant to help tribes.

Question 5

Why did the US government continue to use a reservation system for American Indians in the West? Check the possible reasons.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

White settlers wanted American Indian lands.; White Americans had long relied on reservations as a way to deal with American Indians.

Question 6

What caused the breakdown of the reservation system? Check all of the possible reasons.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Many American Indians rejected the authority of the leaders who signed treaties that required them to move to reservations.; White settlers wanted more of the land that was reserved for American Indians.; Living in a defined area was an unfamiliar concept to many American Indians.

Question 7

Which of the following is not a result of the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871? Select the correct answer.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The government returned large areas of land to several American Indian groups.

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