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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Ameliorate the Dawes Act

Directions: correct the following sentences. .

while intended to assimilate Indians into white culture the Dawes Act of 1887 was the culmination of American attempt's two open Indian lands two settlement by non-Indians and two development by railroads. 



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Suggested Answer:
 While intended to assimilate Indians into white culture, the Dawes Act of 1887 was the culmination of American attempts to open Indian lands to settlement by non-Indians and to development by railroads.