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Which of the following describes an effect of the allotment system?
American Indians lost their land.
American Indians gained some land.
American Indians competed with settlers for land.
American Indians farmed with settlers.

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American Indians lost their land.

The Dawes (Allotment) Act of 1887 broke up tribal, communal land into individual plots and declared the "surplus" for sale to non‑Native settlers, causing a large net loss of Native-held land.