Responses
It broke up tribal lands to encourage individual land ownership.
It broke up tribal lands to encourage individual land ownership.
It strengthened tribal governments and communal land ownership.
It strengthened tribal governments and communal land ownership.
It forced all tribes onto one large reservation in Oklahoma.
It forced all tribes onto one large reservation in Oklahoma.
It gave federal funds to help preserve traditional tribal cultures.
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The correct response is:
It broke up tribal lands to encourage individual land ownership.
The Dawes Act of 1887 aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting individual plots of land to tribal members, which undermined communal land ownership and tribal governance.
