Which judgement is best supported?

Chronology check: Dawes Act is significant when tied to Wounded Knee. is the best answer. It fits Part three: Consolidation: forging the nation within AA America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation and directly supports Study the resolution of the Indian problem after 1865, including small reservations, attitudes to Native Americans, Little Big Horn, Dawes Act, Wounded. Check this by using sequence, turning point, period, before, after, continuity, change; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.

The correct option is Dawes Act is significant when tied. This MCQ is about Which judgement is best supported, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 1 Section A: Period studies and uses the same evidence base as Study the resolution of the Indian problem after 1865, including small reservations, attitudes to Native Americans, Little Big Horn, Dawes Act, Wounded. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A broad opinion without context.; 2) A consequence described as a cause.; 3) An interpretation treated as factual evidence.. To decide between them, students should place, order, connect, contrast the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.