Question

What was the result of the Dawes Act?

A.
The U.S. government began a system of assimilation in an attempt to "Americanize" Native Americans.
B.
Native Americans lands were divided into small plots of land and distributed to individual families.
C.
Native American tribes were paid financial retribution after their lands were sold to the whites.
D.
Most Native American tribes were forced from the East onto reservations in present-day Oklahoma.

Answer 1

The answer is Native American tribes were paid financial retribution after their lands were sold to the whites.

Answer 2

B. Native Americans lands were divided into small plots of land and distributed to individual families.

Step-by-step explanation:

This piece of legislation broke up large plots of Native American lands into smaller 160-acre lots and distributed them to individual Native American families. After the land was divided, extra pieces were sold to whites, so whites actually gained control of much land that had been held by Native Americans.