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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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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 did King Charles give Sir George Calvert?
He gave ten million acres of land north of Virginia to Sir George Calvert.
