The 1850 Act for the Government and Protection of the Indians included provisions to
a. establish penalties for Americans who attacked Indians for any reason besides self-defense.
b. provide for California Indian citizenship, so they could elect representatives to help them protect their interests.
c. indenture Indian children and arrest unemployed Indians for vagrancy.
d. allow them to testify in court against whites.
Question 2
What was the result of the federal attempt to negotiate treaties with California Indians?
a. The federal commissioners drafted treaties with eighteen tribes, but the U.S. Senate did not ratify them.
b. The federal commissioners successfully negotiated treaties with all California tribes, establishing reservations for them.
c. Eighteen treaties were negotiated; the Senate ratified all of them, and Indians began moving onto the new reserves.
d. The state collaborated with the federal government to establish reserves for California tribes.
Loss of Indian Lands, 1850–2010
Edward Bellamy, author of the utopian novel Looking Backward (1888) Bellamy’s socialism worried many
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Growth of Government Spending, 1870–2009
Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy, AP
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