The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 was primarily an attempt by the United States government to
A. limit the power of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
B. return eastern land to Native American Indian tribes
C. encourage Native Americans Indians to give up their traditional cultures
D. hire Native American Indians as military scouts
Ans: C. encourage Native Americans Indians to give up their traditional cultures
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What will be an ideal response?
Most women workers of the 1890s worked
a. to achieve financial independence. b. for the cultural glamour of being a working woman in American society. c. for economic necessity. d. to accumulate their retirement savings. e. because their husbands preferred that they work.
In the years before the Civil War, what single enterprise employed more workers than any other enterprise in the country?
A. the postal system B. the Erie Canal Company C. Fulton's steamboat company D. Lowell Mills
Which of these was an important early social consequence of farming?
A. development of more elaborate kinship systems B. elimination of gender-based divisions of labor C. leveling of social inequalities D. decentralization of authority