15 Pretest: Industrializing the Nation (1877-1914) Drag each tile to the correct box. Match each act to its purpose. mentum. All rights reserved. Dawes Act Homestead Act Morrill Land Grant Act to assist the government in selling off its land to ordinary citizens and to use the land in what they considered to be an economically efficient manner to assimilate Native Americans into White culture as quickly as possible to make it possible for new western states to establish colleges for their citizens Reset Next Subm