The primary goal of the Dawes Act was to encourage Native Americans to become farmers. The Act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting them individual plots of land for farming, thereby promoting individual land ownership and agriculture, which was seen as a way to transition them away from traditional communal lifestyles.
What was the primary goal of the Dawes Act? (1 point) Responses to provide farms for Native American families to provide farms for Native American families to preserve reservations for Native Americans to preserve reservations for Native Americans to protect Native American cultures to protect Native American cultures to encourage Native Americans to become farmers
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