The correct answer is: B) The government returned large areas of land to several American Indian groups.
Native Americans were viewed with prejudice by the federal government, who saw them as a tribal nation, the government used to deal with them in treaties committing the tribes to land cessions in exchange for specific lands designated to them for specific indigenous use until the Indian Appropriations act.
<em>The Indian Appropriations act</em> made on March, 1871 declared that the US government would <em>stop treating</em> Indians as <em>an independent nation, tribe, or power </em>and they should be treated as <em>wards. </em>It also declared the invalidation of the treaties they made before.
Yes it is true that some states require that local elections must come during the in-between years when no national elections are held. The correct option among the two options that are given in the question is option "a". The main reason behind this kind of thought process is to avoid complexity about the ballots. This will also make the election campaigning easier.
Republican Dewey was expected to win over Truman.