Question

The Dawes Severalty Act _____________________
a.
gave water rights to the federal government.
b.
converted all Indian reservation lands to individual parcels of land.
c.
gave Native Americans the right to vote.
d.
converted separate parcels of land to reservation land.

Answer 1

b because it simply authorized the President to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. Converted all Indian reservation lands to individual parcels of land.

Explanation:

The Dawes Severalty Act was approved in 1887 by Henry L. Dawes who was a Senator back then. This act was one of the most controversial because due to this, great Indian reservations were divided into parcels of land. This implies before 1887 Indian tribes owned collectively reservations, but after 1887 each family or individual owned a parcel.

This had a great impact on Indian reservations and tribes because it forced them to abandon part of their ideas about the community. Also, the division of land or allotment made possible tribes were displaced later. According to this, the Dawes Severalty Act converted all Indian reservation lands to individual parcels of land.