Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0
Paper 2
Revise: Destruction of Indigenous Ways of LifeThe Dawes Act of 1887 turned these aims into a land policy.
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GCSE History · key term
A law passed in 1887 that authorised the allotment of reservation land to Indigenous individuals and families and allowed remaining land to be opened to settlers.
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Paper 2
Revise: Destruction of Indigenous Ways of LifeThe Dawes Act of 1887 turned these aims into a land policy.
For the Dawes Act, distinguish its aims, its terms and its effects. An intention to create independent farmers does not prove that this succeeded.
Support explanations with precise details, such as the 1871 development of buffalo-hide leather, reservation courts in 1883 and the Dawes Act in 1887.
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