Support for answer choice (B) can be found in Lines 8-12 ("the readjustment movement advocated the end of the federal government's involvement in Native American affairs and encouraged the assimilation of Native Americans as individuals into mainstream society"). Further support is found in lines 24-28 ("like other homeowners" and "the government would not attempt to restrict").
There is no textual support for the proposition set out in answer choice (D) - nothing in the passage supports the view that "advocates of readjustment would most likely agree" with the idea that the "federal government should share its responsibility for maintaining Native American territories with tribal leaders."
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StephJanuary 4, 2019
Hi can you please explain why the answer is not A?
RaviJanuary 5, 2019
@Steph,
Great question. Question 5 states, "The passage suggests that advocates of readjustment would most likely agree with which one of the following statements regarding the relationship between the federal government and Native Americans?"
We know from the passage that advocates of readjustment want the government to get out of the affairs of Native Americans, which is from lines 8 through 12 in the passage. Lines 8 through 12 say, "the readjustment movement advocated the end of the federal government's involvement in Native American affairs and encouraged the assimilation of Native Americans as individuals into mainstream society."
Answer A is incorrect because it is suggesting that the advocates of readjustment would want the federal government to become more involved with Native American affairs by working with them to improve life on reservations. This is the opposite of what the advocates want (based on what lines 8 through 12 say), so we can eliminate this answer.
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