Which statement provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the U.S. government pursued a policy of genocide when dealing with the Native Americans at the turn of the century?
Responses
A The entire goal of the US Government of dealing with Native Americans was to assimulate the entire tribes into American society.
B In December of 1890, over 200 men, women, and children of the Lakota Sioux Nation were massacred by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
C In 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act, which gave all Native American males 160 acres to farm and also set up schools to make Native American children more like other Americans.
D In 1824, the federal government established the Bureau of Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior to provide health care, shelter, and education to the Native Americans.