Which act of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they had lived on it for five years? Options: the Homestead Act, the Morrill Land Grant Act, the Indian Removal Act, the Dawes Act
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the Homestead Act
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A small plot of land where the US government had the Native Americans live
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Reservation
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Why did the U.S. government set up schools for the American Indians?
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The government wanted to assimilate the American Indians into U.S. culture
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How were Native Americans affected by the settlement of the west?
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forced to Reservations, Bison almost became extinct, Lost culture and land
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Which of the following is not an effect of the Dawes Act: Native Americans forced to Americanize, Forced them to become farmers, Native Americans became wealthy landowners, Abolished Native American Tribes?
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Native Americans became wealthy landowners
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I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK. Who am I?
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African Americans
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George Custer attacked the Sioux, and he & his men were killed in what battle?
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Little Bighorn
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