One main reason that the government failed to assimilate indians is that not very many indians were willing to give up there culture and become what the americans called "civilized".
Another reason is that not many americans were willing to educate indians on how to be an american. Many of them believed that indians were truly inferior and were not worth the bother.
2. How successful were the U.S. government's efforts to promote the settlement of the Great Plains? Give examples to support your answer.
They were very successful. They almost didn't even have to promote it at all, there were so many natural reasons to move westward, such as gold and buffalo. One example of a successful government promotion of the settlement o the great plains was the Dawes Act. This act divided the indian land into individual property for the indians then gave the remainder of land to the american settlers. Another example is the government's attempt to assimilate the indians into the american culture. Although this was not totally a success it did reduce the number of indians that were so often hunting on the private property of many of the settlers.
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