Prep 1 essay 3 - Question 8

crystalbain

Essay #3.
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In its 1903 decision in the case of Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, the United States Supreme Court rejected the efforts of three Native American tribes to prevent the opening of tribal lands to non-Indian settlement without tribal consent.
In his study of the Lone Wolf case, Blue Clark properly emphasizes the Court's assertion of a virtually unlimited unilateral power of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate) over Native American affairs.
But he fails to note the decision's more far-reaching impact:
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.
Many commentators believe that this change had already occurred in 1871 when--following a dispute between the House and the Senate over which chamber should enjoy primacy in Indian affairs--Congress abolished the making of treaties with Native American tribes.
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.
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.



Question #8.
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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.
答案是A， 我无论如何从原文看不出这个答案的道理， 我自己选的是B, 原因是文中蓝色部分的描述。
请NN帮助指点

Kath1986

也想問一下

Many commentators believe that this change had already occurred in 1871.
(先講發生在1871)
following---
最後---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

如果是這樣推出來的...真的很費時間...

可以請求解答嗎..^^

IMARCUS

请看原文，往下看
Congress abolished the making of treaties with Native American tribes.
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
很好的解释了A
你所划出的句中的impact是decision所指的对象
而decision在哪里呢？在开头部分：The USSC rejected the efforts of three Native American tribes to prevent the opening of tribal lands to non-Indian settlement without tribal consent.