Which of the following statements is true of the U.S. policies toward Native Americans?
A. Till date, the citizen rights spelled out in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution have not been extended to Native Americans.
B. In 1830, Congress instructed the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to remove all tribes to reservations east of the Mississippi River.
C. The main goal of the U.S. government in the late 1880s was to assimilateNative Americans into American society.
D. Underthe Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Native Americans were banned from having gambling operations.
E. The Northwest Ordinance stated that lands and property of Native Americans would belong to the American government.
Answer: C
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