Question

question 10 of 10
an effect of the dawes act was that american indians:

a. were required to convert to religions brought by missionaries.

b. were moved onto less desirable land.

c. left their traditional schools for boarding schools.

d. lost their traditional cultural practices.

Explanation:

The Dawes Act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into white society by allotting them individual plots of land (with the remainder sold to non - Natives). This process disrupted their communal living and traditional ways. Option A: Conversion to missionary religions was not a direct effect of the Dawes Act. Option B: The forced relocation to less desirable land was more associated with earlier removal policies like the Trail of Tears, not the Dawes Act. Option C: Attendance at boarding schools was part of assimilation efforts but not the primary effect of the Dawes Act. Option D: By breaking up tribal landholdings and promoting individual landownership (along with the loss of communal resources and ways of life), American Indians lost their traditional cultural practices as their social and economic structures were dismantled.

Answer:

D. lost their traditional cultural practices.