Why did educators in the 1850s feel it was necessary to place Native American children in boarding schools?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

to help children establish new communities on reservation lands
to help children establish new communities on reservation lands

to separate children from their culture and help them adopt American ways
to separate children from their culture and help them adopt American ways

to provide a safer environment for the children
to provide a safer environment for the children

to receive more funding to bring more teachers to Native schools

Answer 1

to separate children from their culture and help them adopt American ways

Answer 2

What impact did the mission schools have upon Native American languages?
(1 point)
Responses

They were strengthened.
They were strengthened.

They became more complex.
They became more complex.

They were spoken by fewer people.
They were spoken by fewer people.

They were taught to all the missionaries.
They were taught to all the missionaries.

Answer 3

They were spoken by fewer people.

Answer 4

What was the main goal of the mission school gardens?
(1 point)
Responses

to make the school more attractive to new students and teachers
to make the school more attractive to new students and teachers

to teach Native American children to study rather than farm
to teach Native American children to study rather than farm

to provide a way to earn money to support the school
to provide a way to earn money to support the school

to provide food for students so they would not need to go home to eat

Answer 5

to provide food for students so they would not need to go home to eat