Why did people support the General Allotment Act? *

They hoped the act would protect Native American lands.

They wanted more Native American land for settlers to farm.

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They believed it would help assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society.

They saw it as a way to break up tribal communal land holdings and encourage individual property ownership.

They believed that it would promote economic self-sufficiency and progress for Native American communities.

Some also supported the act as a way to open up more land for settlement and development.