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