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Which of the following statements is true?
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.
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Only the second statement is true.
- The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 ended the practice of making treaties with tribes and effectively declared that tribes would no longer be treated as independent, treaty-making nations (future relations were to be handled by Congress).
- The 1851 act established the reservation system and funding for Indian affairs, but did not authorize homesteading of tribal lands.
- The act that made allotments and opened “surplus” tribal land to settlers was the General Allotment (Dawes) Act of 1887, not an 1885 Indian Appropriations Act.
- The 1889 appropriations act did not enact the 1871 change in tribal status.
- The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 ended the practice of making treaties with tribes and effectively declared that tribes would no longer be treated as independent, treaty-making nations (future relations were to be handled by Congress).
- The 1851 act established the reservation system and funding for Indian affairs, but did not authorize homesteading of tribal lands.
- The act that made allotments and opened “surplus” tribal land to settlers was the General Allotment (Dawes) Act of 1887, not an 1885 Indian Appropriations Act.
- The 1889 appropriations act did not enact the 1871 change in tribal status.
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