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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act

The Dawes Act was an effort to make assimilation the government's official policy. The aim was to "Americanize" the Native Americans , cultivating in them the desire to own property and to farm.

What was the carlisle school

a school set up for indian youths.

Which group believed that land could be owned

white settlers

How did large mining companies succeed

Large mining companies succeeded by using machines to dig deeply for gold.

How did the Homestead Act of 1862 help settlers in the West

the homestead act offered free land for settlers-apex♥♥

What happened when gold was discovered in the Black Hills of North Dakota and is sometimes called Custer's Last Stand

This did not happen because the Black Hills are located in South Dakota, not North Dakota.

However, Custer's expedition found gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota which caused a gold rush to the area and eventually led to Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana.

An effect of the Dawes act was that American Indians

Lost their traditional cultural practices

Many Americans believed that west was vast open land. In fact the land was populated with

All of the Above

According to the readings What right did women demand in the United states

Women demanded the right to vote.

What do the figures in the eastern half of the US represent in the cartoon

men opposed to giving women the right to vote

Many Americans migrating from large cities in the east were looking for

a chance to own land

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