Question

How did the policy of allotment impact American Indians?

A) Many American Indian families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm.
B) Many American Indian families were never allowed to leave their one hundred sixty acre plot of land.
C) Many American Indian families combined their one hundred sixty acres to farm communally.
D) Many American Indian families traded their one hundred sixty acres to gain wealth.

Answer 1

Many American Indian families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) many American Indians families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm.

The policy of allotment impacted American Indians in that many American Indians families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm.

The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the United States government to split the land in individual plots. This was the federal government strategy to give U.S. citizenship to the American Indians that accepted the new portions of land. The government wanted to end with the culture and tradition of Native American Indians in order for them to integrate to the white society customs and "way of living."