Question

The Labor Movement Quiz
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

Answer 1

The primary goal of the Dawes Act was **to encourage Native Americans to become farmers**. It aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting them individual plots of land to cultivate, rather than preserving tribal lands.