The Reserve System Forced Aboriginal Communities to Give Up Most

question 109

Multiple Choice

The reserve system forced Aboriginal communities to give up most of their traditional sociocultural, spiritual, and political systems. According to the text, what was the goal of the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and the Gradual Civilization Act of 1869?

• A)acculturation
• B)pacification
• C) reconciliation
• D) ethnocide

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