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Consider the US government’s policies toward the Plains Indians in the 1800s.

Do you think the government was justified in using these policies?
Write a two- to three-sentence response to this question.

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No, The plains indians were free.

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No, these policies were meant to destroy the tribal bonds and thus weakening their traditional cultural values. The policy of the US government toward the Indians in the period immediately prior to the civil war was to move the Indian populations to the reservations.

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