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Indigenous People on a Closing Frontier — Quiz

Question 3 • US History

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

Answer
A
The Dawes Act was passed to give Indigenous people families farmland and to end homesteading by white settlers.
B
The Dawes Act was passed to open up more land for Indigenous people and to provide protection from white settlers.
C
The Dawes Act was passed to make Indigenous people property owners and to open up more land for white settlers.
D
The Dawes Act was passed to take land away from Indigenous people and to move them to reservations.
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