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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organized territory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other ...

The U.S. government agrees to buy lands from Native Americans.

The U.S. government agrees to sell lands to Native Americans.

The U.S. government sets aside lands as reservations for Native Americans.

The U.S. government sets aside lands for settlers who wish to move west.

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C. The U.S. government sets aside lands as reservations for Native Americans.

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The correct answer is The U.S. government sets aside lands as reservations for Native Americans.

The short version is that they granted themselves the right to allocate the land as they saw fit, making districts and taking land according to their needs.
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