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Select 2 reasons why reforms like the Dawes Act were ineffective

White settlers continued to move west seeking more land to settle and farm, as well as gold.

Native Americans preferred to move East to find work in cities.

White settlers preferred to parcel out the shares of land equally.

The land Native Americans were given wasn’t suitable for farming, so often Native Americans sold it.

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Answer:

A. white settlers continued to move west seeking more land to settle and farm, as well as gold

C. White settlers preferred to parcel out the shares of land equally

Step-by-step explanation:

If you ever knew what the Dawes act was it was when white settlers made native Americans individuals instead of a tribe so they can distribute out land and making it easier to get their own land to move out west

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