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Which statement best describes the effect of the Dawes Act?

-Individual Native Americans could own and sell plots of reservation land.

-The U.S. Army could be used to break the power of hostile Native Americans.

-Federal money would be made available to compensate Native Americans for treaty violations.

-European settlers could claim unused land on reservations by farming it for five years.

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Individual native Americans could own and sell plots of reservation
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