Answer:
1)Which sentence from the section "Native Americans Lose Their Land" BEST explains why 100,000 Native Americans were forced from their homes during the 1830s?
- B-The U.S. government wanted ancestral Native American land for farmland.
2)Which section from the article BEST explains why so many Irish people have contributed money to help the Navajo Nation fight the coronavirus?
- A-"Choctaw Nation Aids Irish"
Explanation:
The most infamous forced relocation is known as the Trail of Tears where Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole and other native American nations were forced out of their ancestral land because members of the US government believed that their land was needed for agriculture. The best way they figured out to get the land was to expel their rightful owners using force.
Even though native Americans had suffered so much in the previous decade (1830s), the Choctaw Nation donated $170 (equivalent to $5,000 today) to the Irish during the great Irish famine. Many Irish farmers lost their potato crops and many people in Ireland were starving to death. Irish descendants still remember the generosity of the Choctaw Nation even in times when they themselves were suffering a lot.
