Which of the following was the significance of the Dawes Act?
A) It mandated racial segregation in all southern states.
B) It introduced silver to the national currency.
C) It established Indian reservations across the country.
D) It divided tribal lands among native families into individual plots of land.
E) It awarded 160 acres to settlers who had occupied the land for five years.
D
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Sitting Bull differed from most Lakotas in 1868 by
a. marrying a white woman. b. converting to Christianity. c. refusing to negotiate with whites. d. refusing to move to a reservation.
Which of the following cannot be associated with the decline of Poland-Lithuania in the seventeenth century?
A) The growing power of the aristocracy over both peasants and gentry B) The resistance of Cossacks to enserfment C) Destruction of the state and permanent partition D) Demographic disaster and urban decline E) The strain of the Counter-Reformation
Before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States had never experienced
A. terrorism within its borders. B. terrorism against its forces in the Middle East. C. any of these: terrorism against its forces in the Middle East, or terrorism within its borders, or terrorism anywhere. D. terrorism anywhere. E. None of these answers is correct.
José Escandón’s colonization efforts were built around the establishment of __________
A. missions B. presidios C. civilian settlements (villas) D. mining camps