The Dawes Act

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of the General Allotment Act aka The Dawes Act on Native Americans?

• It strengthened tribal sovereignty

• It improved economic sufficiency

• It struck a historic blow at political rights, economic sufficiency, and cultural heritage

• It had no impact on Native Americans

Multiple Choice

Who was the architect of the General Allotment Act?

• Henry Dawes

• Choctaw

• Muscogee Creek

• Charles Curtis

Multiple Choice

What was the unspoken goal of the allotment of tribal reservations?

• To strengthen tribal communities

• To transfer land from tribal communities to the United States

• To revitalize Indigenous cultures

• To promote economic sufficiency

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was another goal of the Dawes Act?

• To strengthen tribal communities

• Assimilation of native Americans

• To revitalize Indigenous cultures

• To promote economic sufficiency

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of American citizenship on Native women?

• It granted them political leadership

• It took away the protections and rights afforded to them by their tribal nations

• It had no impact on them

• It improved their economic status

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of Indian Boarding Schools?

• To preserve Indigenous languages and cultures

• To strengthen tribal sovereignty

• To eliminate Indigenous languages, cultures, communities, and political sovereignty

• To revitalize tribal governments

Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the allotment of tribal reservations?

• It had no impact on Native peoples

• It improved the economic status of Native peoples

• It resulted in the further loss of land and the breakdown of tribal communities

• It transformed Native peoples into yeoman farmers

Multiple Choice

When did the Federal Government finally acknowledge the failures of allotment?

• In 1934

• In 1898

• In 1887

• In 1962

Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the 2020 United States Supreme Court case McGirt v Oklahoma?

• It dissolved the Muscogee Creek Reservation

• It restored the Muscogee Creek Reservation

• It had no impact on tribal reservations

• It strengthened tribal sovereignty