Expansion and Indigenous Peoples

Question 1

In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of

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encouraging assimilation.

Question 2

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

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defined borders.

Question 3

In the 1800s, a reservation was an area of land that was set aside for

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a specific American Indian tribe.

Question 4

During which decades did the US government pass all of the Indian Appropriation Acts?

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1850-1880s

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true?

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The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.

Question 6

A small farm made available to an American Indian family was known as

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an allotment.

Question 7

Which of the following describes an effect of the allotment system?

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American Indians lost their land.

Question 8

Following the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, the last great land rush in American history occurred in the state of

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Oklahoma.

Question 9

In 1887, the passage of the Dawes Act introduced the government’s system of

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land allotments.

Question 10

American Indian tribes were relocated to reservations in the 1850s because the federal government wanted:

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to give white settlers more land.

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