Dawes Commission

(noun)

The American Dawes Commission, named for its first chairman Henry L. Dawes, was authorized under a rider to an Indian Office appropriation bill, March 3, 1893. Its purpose was to convince the Five Civilized Tribes to agree to cede tribal title of Indian lands, and adopt the policy of dividing tribal lands into individual allotments that was enacted for other tribes as the Dawes Act of 1887.

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Examples of Dawes Commission in the following topics:

  • The Dawes Act and Indian Land Allotment

    • The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906 by the Burke Act.
    • The Dawes Act was named for its sponsor, Senator Henry L.
    • Dawes of Massachusetts.
    • The Dawes Commission, set up under an Indian Office appropriation bill in 1893, was created, not to administer the Dawes Act, but to attempt to get the Five Civilized Tribes, which were excluded under the Dawes Act, to agree to an allotment plan.
    • This commission registered the members of the Five Civilized Tribes.

  • American Indian Policy

    • The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906 by the Burke Act.
    • The Dawes Act was named for its sponsor, Senator Henry L.
    • Dawes of Massachusetts.
    • The Dawes Commission, set up under an Indian Office appropriation bill in 1893, was created, not to administer the Dawes Act, but to attempt to get the Five Civilized Tribes, which were excluded under the Dawes Act, to agree to an allotment plan.
    • This commission registered the members of the Five Civilized Tribes.

  • War Debts and Reparations

    • As a consequence of a German default on timber deliveries in December 1922, the Reparations Commission declared Germany in default, which led to the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr in January 1923.
    • In response to the crisis, the Dawes Committee, chaired by Charles G.
    • Dawes,   proposed a plan in 1924.
    • The Dawes Plan managed to end a major international crisis and Germany was able to meet its payment requirements.
    • Describe Germany's reparations following World War I, including the Dawes and Young Plans, and their effect on the German economy.

  • The Republican Era

    • With the exception of favoring increased tariffs, Coolidge disdained regulation, and carried on this belief by appointing commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission who did little to restrict the activities of businesses under their jurisdiction.

  • Harding's Policies

    • Harding appointed Charlie Dawes, known for being an effective financier, as the first director of the Bureau of the Budget.
    • Harding also advocated the establishment of an international commission to improve race relations between whites and blacks, but strong political opposition by the Southern Democratic bloc stopped the launch of the commission.

  • Peace Overtures and the Evacuation of Philadelphia

    • In response to the defeat at Saratoga, Parliament dispatched the Carlisle Peace Commission to negotiate peace with Congress.
    • After the British defeat at Saratoga in October 1777, Parliament repealed offensive measures, such as the Tea Act and the Massachusetts Government Act, and sent a commission to seek a negotiated settlement with the Continental Congress.
    • The commission was empowered to offer the colonies the semblance of self-rule, or what later became Commonwealth status.
    • The commission was authorized to negotiate with the Continental Congress as a body, representing a change in official British government policy, which had previously been willing to treat only with individual colonies.
    • The commission was headed by the Earl of Carlisle and included William Eden, a British statesman and diplomat, and George Johnstone, former Governor of West Florida.

  • The Election of 1924

    • Dawes of Ohio, topped the polls in 35 states, leaving the electoral vote for Davis in only 12 states.

  • Anti-Trust Laws

    • Wilson sought to encourage competition and curb trusts by using the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the Clayton Antitrust Act.
    • Wilson deviated from his presidential predecessors, who relied on lawsuits to break trusts and monopolies, by founding a new trustbusting approach through encouraging competition through the Federal Trade Commission.
    • The Federal Trade Commission effectively restricted unfair trade practices and enforced the 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act.

  • The Coal Strike of 1902

    • This forced President Roosevelt to intervene with an arbitration commission that suspended the strike.
    • Roosevelt attempted to persuade the union to end the strike with a promise that he would create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution.
    • With the urging of Secretary of War, Elihu Root, Morgan came up with another compromise proposal that provided for arbitration, while giving the industry the right to deny that it was bargaining with the union by directing each employer and employees to communicate directly with the commission.
    • The commissioners then held hearings over the next three months, taking testimony from 558 witnesses, including 240 for the striking miners, 153 for nonunion mineworkers, 154 for the operators, and eleven called by the Commission itself .
    • In the end, however, the rhetoric of both sides made little difference to the Commission.

  • Civilizing the City

    • Progressivism led to a shift in city governance from a mayor and an ineffective council to a stronger council or commission structure.
    • The system whereby a city was governed by a powerful mayor and council was replaced by the council-manager or the commission system.
    • The commission was essentially a multi-member, rather than single-member, executive.
    • Under the commission system, the executive would be composed of people who each controlled one area of government.