"To each head of a family, one-quarter of a section; To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; and To each other single person under eighteen years now living, or who may be born prior to the date of the order of the President directing an allotment of the lands embraced in any reservation, one-sixteenth of a section."—From the Dawes Act, 1887How did the disbursement of land through the Dawes Act differ from previous agreements between the government and American Indians? (5 points)

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