What Was Congress Able to Accomplish with Its Native American

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Multiple Choice

What was Congress able to accomplish with its Native American policy under the Articles of Confederation?

• A) Nothing; Congress was so powerless under the Articles that nothing happened in this area.
• B) It negotiated treaties for the tribes to keep their lands, but Congress was so lacking in power that the treaties proved useless.
• C) Congress demanded and received surrenders of large amounts of Indian land north of the Ohio River and in the South.
• D) Congress backed away from any involvement when land companies requested that the government step aside and leave the West's economic development in private hands.

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