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How did the General Allotment Act affect Native American land?
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It prevented the government from enacting laws that contradicted reservation laws.
It prevented the government from enacting laws that contradicted reservation laws.

It allowed the government to sell portions of the reservations to non-Native Americans.
It allowed the government to sell portions of the reservations to non-Native Americans.

It gave the Native Americans full citizenship and voting rights on land issues.
It gave the Native Americans full citizenship and voting rights on land issues.

It permitted the purchase of other lands outside reservations by Native Americans.

Answer 1

The General Allotment Act (also known as the Dawes Act) affected Native American land primarily in the following way:

It allowed the government to sell portions of the reservations to non-Native Americans.

This act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting them individual parcels of land and selling surplus land to white settlers, which led to a significant loss of tribal land and sovereignty.