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The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian?
The primary purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act was to promote Indian assimilation. The act was created by a Senator from Massachusetts named Henry Laurens Dawes.
What law broke up the Indian reservations and had a major impact on the settlement of the west?
the dawes act
What was the topic of the Dawes Act?
to get the Indian land and to use it for settlements
Did the Dawes Act reflect an effort by the US government to change Native American life?
they spoke to the indian people to be cute
What was the dawes act in 1887 to do?
Destroy traditional native american life
What was the Dawes act meant to do?
destroy traditional native american life
What act offered American citizenship to American Indians and 160 acres of land to each Indian family and 80 acres to unmarried Indian adults who were willing to leave their tribal reservations?
dawes act.
Why did the Dawes Act fail?
The Dawes Act fulfilled a desire of the U.S. government to suppress the Indian way of life & force assimilation to white culture.
What did the Dawes's act do?
The Dawes Act was passed in 1887 and it tried to dissolve Indian tribes by redistributing the land. It was designed to forestall growing Indian poverty, but it resulted in many Indians losing their land to speculators.
What was the dawes act 1887 meant to do?
destroy traditional native american life
An effect of the Dawes act was that American Indians?
Lost their traditional cultural practices
An effect of the Dawes act that American Indians?
Lost their traditional cultural practices
