10. ww1 to the end of ww2 (1914-1945)

Question 1

change or continuity?

Answer 1

Number of changes in the position of Native Americans.

Question 2

what was brought about during the periods of Roosevelts New Deal in 1930s.

Answer 2

granting of citizenship & improvements in the quality of their lives
HOWEVER
many improvements were improvements only in the eyes of the federal government not from the viewpoint of NA

Question 3

Granting of citizenship

when?

Answer 3

1924

Question 4

granting of citizenship - how did this affect NA

Answer 4

NA not particularly interested in gaining citizenship and the right to vote. many already had this right through Dawes Act.

Question 5

why was granting of citizenship given

Answer 5

Extension right to those living on reservations not intended to increase political involvement but to increase speed of assimilation.
government continuing the process that had begun in 19th century, for NA appeared nothing had changed.

Question 6

NA had not regained

Answer 6

sovereignty or nationhood.

Question 7

how was Devastating impact of reservation policy clearly evident

Answer 7

their lands were further reduced.

Question 8

Attacks on culture continued

Answer 8

Dance Order banned NA from practicing traditional dances.

Question 9

First part of the period

continuation of allotment policy =

Answer 9

further reduction in amount of land available to NA- adding to poverty

Question 10

New Deal period 1933-1938

Answer 10

some improvements of NA position although many abandoned immediately after ww2.

Question 11

Indian Reorganization (Wheeler-Howard) Act
when?

Answer 11

1934

Question 12

Indian Reorganization (Wheeler-Howard) Act
what?

Answer 12

first move to preserve NA culture and involve them in administration of reservations.
terms of act gave NA-
right to practice their religion
right to undertake ceremonial dances and celebrations thus reversing law of 1883
ability to prevent sale of NA lands to individual buyers
extension of political rights to women

Question 13

gains of new deal?

Answer 13

improved conditions on the reservations. agencies of New Deal built new schools and hospitals

encouraged women to take on a greater economic role and take up higher education
brought an end to the allotment policy

Question 14

drawbacks of new deal

Answer 14

did not end the policy of assimilation

tribes not independent or self-sufficient.

lands that should have been returned under the Act not given back.

Question 15

how did NA position worsen after beginning of WW2 (1941)

Answer 15

much of the funding to improve conditions of reservations transferred to war effort after US became involved in ww2 in 1941.

Question 16

the period up to 1945 saw at best

Answer 16

limited improvement in the condition of Native Americans.