Question
The image below of Native American children living on reservation demonstrates which goal from the Dawes Act 1887?
(1 point)
Responses
That Americans always respected indigenous culture and wanted to help preserve it
That Americans always respected indigenous culture and wanted to help preserve it
That indigenous Americans wanted to share their culture with white Americans
That indigenous Americans wanted to share their culture with white Americans
That the US government pressured indigenous Americans to accept “Americanization”
That the US government pressured indigenous Americans to accept “Americanization”
That life on the Great Plains changed little in the latter half of the 19th century
(1 point)
Responses
That Americans always respected indigenous culture and wanted to help preserve it
That Americans always respected indigenous culture and wanted to help preserve it
That indigenous Americans wanted to share their culture with white Americans
That indigenous Americans wanted to share their culture with white Americans
That the US government pressured indigenous Americans to accept “Americanization”
That the US government pressured indigenous Americans to accept “Americanization”
That life on the Great Plains changed little in the latter half of the 19th century
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The image of Native American children living on a reservation demonstrates the goal that "the US government pressured indigenous Americans to accept 'Americanization'." The Dawes Act of 1887 aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting individual plots of land and promoting the adoption of European-American ways of life, education, and culture.