How Did the Dawes Severalty Act Affect Native Women

question 15

Multiple Choice

How did the Dawes Severalty Act affect Native women?

• A) It taught women to be more self-sufficient by putting them in charge of agriculture on the reservation.
• B) It raised Native women's status on the reservation by legally recognizing their role as spiritual leaders.
• C) It created a land allotment program, which deepened the dependency of Native women on men.
• D) It designated women as the heads of households to offset Native men's loss of self-worth and ambition.

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