The primary purpose of the articles of confederation was to
(a) provide revenues for the national government
(b) establish the basic framework of the national government
(c) give the national government the power to regulate interstate commerce
(d) guarantee a bill of rights to protect citizens from the national government

the government paid religious orders to provide basic education to native american children on reservations. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the bureau of indian affairs (bia) founded additional boarding schools based on the assimilation model of the off-reservation carlisle indian industrial school.

missouri compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery