(lc)how did the boarding schools set up by the federal government in the late 1800s attempt to promote assimilation of native americans?

By discouraging students from practicing their tribal beliefs.

These schools were set up to erase Native American culture.

disease was the number one killer of native peoples. they had had little exposure to the diseases of europe. this led to some villages being almost completely wiped out and some tribes destroyed.

darwinism is survival of the fittest there for social darwinism is the survival of the wealthiest