In 1830, Congress instructed the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), which Congress had established in 1824 as part of the War Department, to:
A) abolish the practice of slavery among Native Americans.
B) assimilate American Indians into the American society.
C) ban Native Americans from having gambling operations.
D) remove all tribes to reservations west of the Mississippi River in order to free land east of the Mississippi for white settlement.
E) uphold the terms set in the Northwest Ordinance, passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1787.
D
You might also like to view...
Marches in 2006 by members of the Hispanic community were most likely staged to bring about which of the following changes?
A. New policies governing border patrolling B. The extension of citizenship to illegal immigrants C. The arrest of civilians acting independently to police borders D. The extension of Fourteenth Amendment guarantees to Hispanics E. The provision of free medical and social services to all illegal immigrants
The constitution submitted by the legislature in April 1975 to the voters was recognized as being
A) twice as long as the 1876 Constitution. B) concise, orderly, and well-drafted. C) essentially the same as the 1876 Constitution, though it was better organized. D) a clearly confusing and unworkable document.
A ________ is a widely shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order
A) ?monetary reward B) ?solidary incentive C) ?free rider problem D) ?material incentive E) ?social movement
Which of the following is superior to the others?
a. the Executive Branch b. the Legislative Branch c. the Judicial Branch d. the U.S. Constitution