Question

Under the allotment system, many American Indian families
did not farm and ignored the government policy.
were successful farmers and competed with white settlers.
tried to farm communally and established their own system.
made an effort to succeed at farming but often failed.

Answer 1

Made an effort to succeed at farming but often failed.

Under the Dawes (allotment) policy families were given individual plots to encourage assimilation into Euro‑American farming, but many lacked suitable land, equipment, credit, and farming experience (and communal support was undermined), so many attempts at farming were unsuccessful.