2. 1924-68

Question 1

improvement during this period

Answer 1

NA granted citizenship and made further gains from New Deal of 1930s

Question 2

limitations to improvement

Answer 2

NA did not want citizenship

benefits of New Deal short lived due to outbreak of WW2

government continued to pursue a policy of assimilation designed to destroy NA way of life

Question 3

gov worsened NA position through policy of

Answer 3

termination 1953-1968

Question 4

progress made was due to

Answer 4

changing attitudes among US population and pressure from individuals for improvement of conditions of NA

Question 5

Although NA achieved little during this period

evidence of increased unity

Answer 5

emergence of pressure groups such as NCAI

Question 6

experience of some NA during WW2

Answer 6

encouraged greater determination to fight for rights became more evident in final period