In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of providing allotments of land. encouraging a

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In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of
providing allotments of land.
encouraging assimilation.
confining tribes on reservations.
forcing tribes to relocate.

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Confining tribes on reservations.

Explanation: In the 1870s the federal policy increasingly focused on forcing Plains tribes onto reservations and policing those boundaries. (Allotment policy came later with the Dawes Act of 1887; large-scale forced relocation was earlier, e.g. the 1830s Indian Removal.)

In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of
providing allotments of land.
encouraging assimilation.
confining tribes on reservations.
forcing tribes to relocate.

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In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of providing allotments of land. encouraging assimilation. confining tribes on reservations. forcing tribes to relocate.

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In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of
providing allotments of land.
encouraging assimilation.
confining tribes on reservations.
forcing tribes to relocate.