"An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes."- from the Dawes Severalty Act, 1887 Although its stated purpose was to "extend the protection" of the laws of the U. S. to Native Americans, the Dawes Act was passed because the federal government wanted to

A)complete work on the Transcontinental Railroad.
B)claim Indian tribal lands and open them to settlement by non-Indians.
C)force the Cherokee from lands to the east of the Appalachian Mountains.
D)complete its "Manifest Destiny" by claiming territories from other countries.