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The General Allotment Act, also known as the Dawes Act, provided that the head of each Indian family was to be allotted a 160-acre farm out of reservation lands. If the new land owner abandoned tribal practices and adopted 'habits of civilized life', they would be granted American citizenship. Surplus reservation land would be sold to white settlers. This caused the Indians to lose approximately 90-million acres of land.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 8y agoThere were several laws of this type. They fell under the category of the Homestead Acts . The first of the acts was the Homestead Act of 1862.
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Toward the end of the Civil War General Sherman's Special Field Order No 15 did which of the following?
it gave 40 acres of land and mule of freed African americans
What act offered American citizenship to American Indians and 160 acres of land to each Indian family and 80 acres to unmarried Indian adults who were willing to leave their tribal reservations?
dawes act.
Did the Dawes Act divide reservation land into individual plots with each Native American family receiving approximately 160 acres of land on average?
Under the Dawes Act of 1887, the head of a family received 160 acres of Indian owned land. Single people over the age of 18 received 80 acres and minors received 40 acres.
What percent of US land mass does Indian reservations cover?
55.7 million acres is the total amount of land that reservations cover, all combined.
What was the headright system?
A Promise To Give Land to People Who Settled In Virginia The Headright System, introduced in Virginia, gave each head of household the right to fifty acres of land for himself and fifty additional acres for each adult family member of servant that he brought to America. The four square kilometers of land was given to anyone who was accepted to cross the Atlantic Ocean to help populate the colonies.
How did the Dawes act replace the reservation system?
It gave each Indian family 160 acres of land. (novanet)
How many acres of Indian Reservation land in the US?
The Bureau of Indian Affairs administers and manages 55.7 million acres of land in behalf of American Indians, Indian Tribes and Alaskan natives.
What law gave native Americans 160 acres of land if they gave up their religion?
The Dawes Act of 1887 offered Native Americans 160 acres of land if they agreed to give up their communal land ownership system and adopt individual farming practices. This law aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by encouraging them to become independent farmers.
What 1882 act gave 160 free acres of land to settlers?
the homestead act gave 160 acres of free land to new settlers.
Toward the end of the Civil War General Sherman's Special Field Order No 15 did which of the following?
it gave 40 acres of land and mule of freed African americans
What gave all men of a household 160 acres?
Not sure why this question is in the Bible area, but it was the Dawes Act of 1887 that gave Native Americans 160 acres of land.
In 1862 what law gave people to claim a 160 acres of land for a small fee?
The Homestead Land Act
What system gave 50 acres of land to each settler and 50 additional acres for each person he or she brought to the colony?
The Headright System
Which of these acts offered American citizenship to American Indians, and 160 acres of land to each Indian family, and 80 acres to unmarried Indian adults who were willing to leave their tribal reserv?
dawes act
Which of these acts offered American citizenship to American Indians and 160 acres of land to each Indian family and 80 acres to unmarried Indian adults who were willing to leave their tribal reserve?
Dawes Act
Which act gave Americans 160 acres of free land to encourage farming?
The Homestead Act
What law gave 160 acres of land to any citizen 21 or older?
Homestead Act
