Question

All four of the following selections help make the claim that government policies displaced native tribes from their lands. Which option has the STRONGEST piece of evidence to support this idea?

(A) Between 1830 and 1838, federal officials forced nearly 100,000 native people out of the southern states and into "Indian Territory," present-day Oklahoma.
(B) In time, white sport hunters nearly exterminated the area’s buffalo, and the natives were forced onto government reservations.
(C) After white prospectors discovered gold and silver in the region in the mid-19th century, most of the native people lost their land and their lives.
(D) By the end of the 19th century, most of the remaining Plateau native people had been cleared from their lands and resettled in government reservations?

Answer 1

Option (A) is the strongest evidence, citing the Indian Removal and the subsequent displacement of nearly 100,000 Native Americans.

Step-by-step explanation:

Among the provided options, option (A) presents the strongest piece of evidence to support the claim that government policies displaced native tribes from their lands. It details a specific historical event, the forcible relocation of nearly 100,000 native people from the southern states to "Indian Territory," present-day Oklahoma, between 1830 and 1838, known as part of the broader policy of Indian Removal. This event, enforced by federal officials, directly resulted from governmental actions.