To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following except
a. dissolve many tribes as legal entities.
b. try to make rugged individualists of the Indians.
c. wipe out tribal ownership of land.
d. promise Indians U.S. citizenship in twenty-five years.
e. expand recognized tribes' collective land ownership holdings.
Question 2
The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions in 1814 that included a call for
a. a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress before war could be declared, new states admitted, or a trade embargo instituted by the federal government.
b. New England's secession from the Union.
c. a separate peace treaty between New England and the British.
d. a Constitutional Convention to address New England's political and economic grievances and objections that stemmed from the War of 1812
e. a suspension of peace negotiations with Britain in Ghent, Belgium.
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