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5. According to the passage, the congressional action of 1871 had which of the following effects?

(A) Native American tribal agreements were treated as legislation that had to be passed by both houses of Congress.

(B) The number of formal agreements negotiated between the federal government and Native American tribes decreased.

(C) The procedures for congressional approval and implementation of federal Indian policy were made more precise.

(D) It became more difficult for Congress to exercise unilateral authority over Native American affairs.

(E) The role of Congress in the ratification of treaties with sovereign nations was eventually undermined.


Can somebody please explain why B is not correct in this case? My understanding is that after 1871, number of negotiations between government and tribes have decreased.


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(A) Native American tribal agreements were treated as legislation that had to be passed by both houses of Congress.

A can be inferred from the lines :
"But in reality the federal government continued to negotiate formal tribal agreements past the turn of the century, treating these documents not as treaties with sovereign nations requiring ratification by the Senate but simply as legislation to be passed by both houses of Congress.". Thus option A the actual effect that the congressional action of 1871 had.


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(B) The number of formal agreements negotiated between the federal government and Native American tribes decreased.
From the above inference we can clearly rule out B. Moreover as mentioned in the last lines: "The Lone Wolf decision ended this era of formal negotiation and finally did away with what had increasingly become the empty formality of obtaining tribal consent.", it was the "Lone Wolf" decision that ended this formal negotiation and not the congressional action of 1871.


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Is this really 600-700 level RC? I felt it was 700+
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Is this really 600-700 level RC? I felt it was 700+

Hello NOw

Welcome to GMAT Club!

Following should be the difficulty level of each question.

Question #1: 650
Question #2: 600
Question #3: 750
Question #4: 550-600
Question #5: 700
Question #6: 600-650

Overall: 650

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What is the level of this RC ?
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What is the level of this RC ?

I don't know what kind of level you are looking for. If you are looking for difficulty level it is posted here.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-its-1903- ... l#p2893121

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For question 3 - Option A is wrong as the author has already cited a scholar, i.e. Blue Clark, and he even praises him for "properly emphasizing the Court’s assertion," but at the same time, he wanted to expand on the wider implications that is what option E states.

For question 4 - As expanded in the wider implication, "shortly after Lone Wolf, the federal government totally abandoned negotiation and execution of formal written agreements with Indian tribes as a prerequisite for the implementation of federal Indian policy." - Option C covers that well.
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