What Was the Purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act

question 83

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

• A) It was designed to sever ties the Native Americans had with Canada due to poor relations between the American and Canadian governments.
• B) It gave each Native American tribe up to 520 acres of land and provided a quota that it needed to meet in terms of agricultural production.
• C) It declared the actions undertaken by the Ku Klux Klan illegal and forced the organization to dissolve.
• D) It sought to "Americanize" Indians by forcing them to become self-reliant farmers that individually owned their own land.
• E) It granted Native Americans U.S. citizenship and specified other civil rights that they would be guaranteed.

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