Question

Which of the following best outlines the purpose of the U.S. government passing the Dawes Act?

A. to naturalize all remaining Native Americans in the West
B. to assimilate Native Americans into white man's culture making them become American
C. to relocate the remaining Native Americans to the east coast
D. to authorize U.S. Colonel George Custer to capture all Native Americans​

Answer 1

B. to assimilate Native Americans into white man's culture making them become American

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Answer 2

Option B. is the best answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions. As a result of the Dawes Act, over ninety million acres of tribal land were stripped from Native Americans and sold to non-natives.