Question

Which policy required American Indians to maintain the land they were given in exchange for receiving American citizenship and ownership of the land after 25 years?

a.the Curtis Act

b.compulsory boarding school attendance

c.Worcester v. Georgia

d.the Dawes Severalty Act

Answer 1

the Dawes Act

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887), adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.

Answer 4

Def Correct~Under the Dawes Act, Indian tribes lost legal standing, and tribal lands were divided among the individual members. In exchange for renouncing their tribal holdings, Indians would become American citizens and would receive individual land grants--160 acres to family heads, 80 acres to single adults. Even these grants were qualified, however; full ownership would come only after the expiration of a twenty-five-year federal trust. (In 1906, the Burke Act waived the remaining trust for all Indians judged competent to handle their property independently.)