Income isnât just money you make from a job, however. In order to level the playing field between SSI applicants, the Social Security Administration (SSA) counts the value of free items, such as a room provided by a relative at no charge to you, as income.
Paris Peace Conference. The Dawes Plan (as proposed by the Dawes Committee, chaired by Charles G. Dawes) was an attempt in 1924 to solve the World War I reparations problem that Germany had to pay, which had bedevilled international politics following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles.
Quick Answer. The Dawes Act was designed as an attempt to assimilate American Indians into the culture at large. At the same time it gave the government power over Indian tribal lands, dividing them individually and giving white settlers the right to claim lands that were previously Indian territory. Continue Reading.