Question

Why were Native Americans forced to live on reservations in present-day Oklahoma during the Nineteenth Century? A. to gain land that would give them better agricultural opportunities B. to take advantage of ranching and mining opportunities in the West C. to make room for expanding white settlement in the eastern U.S. D. to hunt the growing number of buffalo herds that blanketed the plains

Answer 1

Answer:

- C -to make room for expanding white settlement in the eastern U.S.

Explanation:

The Indians (Native Americans) were forced out to make room for white settlers... given a choice between integrating with everyone else or moving somewhere else. There were many arguments but what stuck still stands with the Indian Appropriations Act (1871)

More here: https://www.tutor2u.net/history/reference/indian-appropriations-act-of-1871

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