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1. What are some of the main reasons that the federal government's policy of assimilation failed?
Some of the main reasons that the federal governments policy of assimilation failed was that the white people viewed the Native Americans as uncivilized people. Although there were some native american sympathizers, most people disliked them and viewed them as savages. They lived very differently, hunting and gathering as a way of life, and the white people viewed this as caveman like activities. The government promised the native americans things which they did not keep, and some of the tribes slipped into poverty, not being able to live under the conditions. Others refused to stay in their land, because they didn’t believe the white people could own land. The white people took this badly, and battles occurred because of it.
2. How successful were government efforts to promote settlement of the Great Plains? Give examples to support your answer.
The government attempts to promote settlement in the Great Plains with the homestead act worked okay at first, with only 10 percent of the desired population moving in and the rest being private speculators and railroad and state government agens who took advantage of the program. When the Homestead act was strengthened and more encouragement granted almost settlers claimed 2 million acres in only a day.
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