1.4 Indigenous People on a Closing Frontier

Question 1

To promote assimilation, American Indian children were

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forbidden to speak their native language.

Question 2

What was true of American Indian tribes under the Indian Appropriations Act?

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Tribes were no longer considered to be independent nations.

Question 3

Supporters of the Dawes Act said the act would help American Indians to

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become farmers.

Question 4

Which of these events first allowed many more settlers to move west?

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the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

Question 5

Under the allotment system, many American Indian families

Question 6

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 encouraged American Indians to

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live confined on reservations.

Question 7

How did the policy of allotment impact American Indians?

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Many American Indian families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm.

Question 8

In the reservation system, American Indian tribes were confined to assigned land with

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defined borders.

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the reasons why the Dawes Act was passed?

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The Dawes Act was passed to make American Indians property owners and to open up more land for white settlers.

Question 10

The conflict between the Sioux and the US military at Wounded Knee marked

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