A-Level History - Civil Rights in the USA (Native Americans)
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2. What was the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887?
- Native Americans were encouraged to move to cities where there were jobs
- It gave farmers a 160-acre plot if they farmed it for five years
- It divided reservations into allotments, which were given to Native Americans, turning them into landowners and citizens
- It prevented Native Americans from moving freely and allowed the government to enforce policies
3. What did the Menominee Restoration Act of 1973 do?
- It stopped the sale of Native American lands and recovered large amounts of unallocated land
- It gave Native Americans a greater role in the administration of their reservations
- It ended the tribe’s termination status and restored their right to self-determination
- It protected the Native Americans’ right to practise their own religion and assert their cultural identity
4. Out of the following Presidents, who did the most to improve Native American rights?
- Nixon
- Ford
- Roosevelt
- Johnson
5. What was the termination policy?
- Encouraged white settlers to move to the land in the West
- Reservation lands were divided up into homesteads, or allotments in order to assimilate Native Americans
- Native Americans were given the same rights as other American citizens and they were encouraged to relocate to end the reservation system
- Placing Native Americans on reservations in hope it would end their nomadic life and made it easier for the government to control them
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