History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0182 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Dawes Act
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The idea
The Dawes Act of February eighth, eighteen eighty-seven, divided reservations into individual allotments, a quarter section to each head of a family.
In practice
An eighth of a section to each single person over eighteen, held in trust for twenty-five years.
Where people slip
After allotment, the land left over was sold to White settlers. Citizenship came with full title.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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