The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 encouraged American Indians to?

A. live freely on unoccupied lands.

B. divide their land into 160-acre plots.

C. sell unoccupied lands.

D. live confined on reservations.

I believe the answer is: C. unoccupied lands.

The act was aimed to give the government more land for economic purposes (such as place for settlements or acquiring it resources).

This act lead to the mass migration of native Americans to western territories of the united states