Which of the following would be the best way to describe the US government's approach to
dealing with Native Americans on the frontier in the years following the Civil War?
A. negotiations, in which the aim was to share land peacefully with the tribes that had lived
there for generations
B. compensation, in which the US government paid tribal leaders whatever amount of
money the two sides agreed the land was worth
C. barter, in which Native Americans surrendered land in exchange for citizenship rights and
the guarantee of being given land for families to own and farm
D. conquest, in which the United States used its military to take land previously occupied by
Native Americans and relocate tribes to areas designated by the US government