Following the 1867 "Report on the Condition of the Indian

question 26

Multiple Choice

Following the 1867 "Report on the Condition of the Indian Tribes," Congress decided that the best way to end the Indian wars was:

• A) to send in the army, under men such as George Custer, to break the morale of the Indians
• B) to systematically kill most of the buffalo
• C) to "Americanize" the Indians by offering them an education at the white man's schools
• D) to persuade the Indians to live on out-of-the-way reservations
• E) to allow Indians to follow old traditions such as the Ghost Dance

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