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.
congress passed the acts over his veto
An agreement in Congress so that President Hayes could take office
to make them accept white culture by cuttling ties with their own culture
having to stay at one job just to pay what you owe
President Grant helped to pass The Enforcements Act to prevent Southerners from using fear to shut African Americans out of the political process.
he was the only former slave to rule over the u.s. senate.! APEX!
Move them at all costs
Women demanded the right to vote.
President Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee and liked the South.
Goods produced in one region could be sent to another and sold.