Question

under the dawes act, the reservation land not allotted to american indians was sold
○ to specific tribes as reservation land.
○ to american indians who wanted more.
○ to white settlers and railroad companies.
○ to tribal chiefs to divide on their own.

Explanation:

The Dawes Act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into white society by allotting individual plots of reservation land. The remaining unallotted reservation land was opened for sale, primarily to white settlers and railroad companies to promote westward expansion and private ownership. The other options are incorrect: the land wasn’t sold back to tribes as reservation land, nor specifically to Indians wanting more, nor left to tribal chiefs to divide.

Answer:

C. to white settlers and railroad companies.