1. PART A: Which TWO of the following best identify the central idea of
this text?
A The U.S. government was justified to treat the Indians harshly
because they lost the American Indian Wars.
B The U.S. government put the needs of American settlers and
homesteaders over the treaty-protected rights of American Indians
to their land.
O c The U.S. government did the most good possible by taking land
from a few Indians to give to many settlers, minimizing violence for
both sides.
OD The Indians who did not resist American advancement and
retreated to reservations were treated better than those who
fought and eventually surrendered to the U.S. government.
E The Seventh Cavalry got revenge for the Battle of the Little
Bighorn at the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
FLife was difficult for Indians on reservations because they could not
practice their ancestral ways of living nor adapt to new ways