Question

A photograph shows a large group of over 100 American Indian children standing or sitting in front of a school.
Use the image to answer the question.

The picture shows Native American children in front of a school. What shift in U.S. government policy does the picture best represent?

(1 point)
Responses

the switch from allowing American Indians to live on their lands to moving them onto reservations
the switch from allowing American Indians to live on their lands to moving them onto reservations

the move from taking land from American Indians to allowing them to reclaim some of their old territory
the move from taking land from American Indians to allowing them to reclaim some of their old territory

the decision to stop seeing American Indians as inferior and to start seeing them as equal to white Americans
the decision to stop seeing American Indians as inferior and to start seeing them as equal to white Americans

the change from allowing American Indians to hold on to their culture to making them adopt American culture

Answer 1

The picture best represents **the change from allowing American Indians to hold on to their culture to making them adopt American culture**. This reflects the policy shift toward assimilation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where the U.S. government encouraged Native American children to attend boarding schools, often with the intention of eradicating their Indigenous identities and cultures in favor of mainstream American culture.