The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 proved destructive because it

A. required different tribes to live together on the same reservation.
B. ignored the demands of sympathetic white reformers for a new Indian policy.
C. prevented Indians from selling tribal lands.
D. attacked the communal structure of tribal life.


Answer: D

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