How did the federal government try to ease the tensions between American settlers and Native Americans?
by offering military protection to Native Americans who settled in areas of conflict
by removing Native Americans and resettling them on reservations
by jailing any individual who caused conflict between the two groups
by forcing the two groups to live in the same area as neighbors
Yes, option B is the correct answer. The federal government tried to ease tensions between American settlers and Native Americans by removing Native Americans from their ancestral lands and resettling them on reservations. This policy, commonly known as Indian Removal, was carried out through various acts and treaties in the 19th century, such as the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The government believed that by separating the two groups, conflicts would be reduced and American settlers would have more land available for westward expansion.
