Natives and the Dawes Act

Natives and the Dawes Act

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Natives and the Dawes Act

Natives and the Dawes Act

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What was the true purpose of the Indian Boarding Schools?

The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory
To "civilize" Native Americans
To  give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English
To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This sought to "Americanize" Native Americans by breaking up the reservations into separate individual family units. Native Americans were offered free land (160 acres to each household & 80 acres to each unmarried adult). The Government promised to sell the reservation land and give the $$$ to the Native Americans but they did not get any money.

The Dawes Act
The Amnesty Act
The Homestead Act
The Ft. Laramie Act

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Dawes Act...

Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

created sympathy for Native Americans and support for assimilation in A CENTURY OF DISHONOR

William jennings Bryan
Helen Hunt Jackson
Frederick Jackson Turner
Mary Elizabeth Lease

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The law that tried to force Native Americans into white culture in 1887 was called the

Dawes Severalty Act
Enforcement Acts
Indian Removal Act
Tribal Readjustment Act

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What was the true purpose of the Indian Boarding Schools?

The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory
To "civilize" Native Americans
To  give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English
To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What year were Native Americans "granted" citizenship?

1934
1944
1924
1917

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