Positives And Negative Of The Gilded Age For Native Americans

Question 1

Positives

Answer 1

1. Victory against custer at the battle of little bighorn brought to attention that there needed to be better policies for native American however this was a minority.
2. Native American had better Healthcare and therefor could have a better life expendcy.
3. Despite goverment efforts tribal way of life still continued and people still found a sense of belonging.

Question 2

Negative

Answer 2

1. Broading schools set up in Virginia and pennsylvannia to give native American children education.
2. The dawes act turned some native American into land owners which they did not like
3. Reservation life was a failure as they lost their freedom and had no rights.
4. Most native Americans disliked like the alloment policy and sold their land to white settlers.
5. Women’s lost their power in the tribe.

6.the masscare at wounded knee in 1890 was the final destruction of sioux

Poor quality of education meant people taken to boarding school did not get any jobs

Question 3

Positives of the new deal native Americans

Answer 3

1. Wheeler Howard act of 1934 gave native Americans a greater role in the administration of their reservations and coparations and gave them right to practise their own beliefs.
2. Alloment policy had been abdoned and loss of land
3. Tribes who lived on reservations were lead by tribal councils.

Question 4

Negatives of new deal native Americans

Answer 4

1. Poverty was still a problem among native Americans
2. Although tribes were self governing 75 out of 245 tribes rejected measures.
3. The improvements were not maintained in the period after ww2

4.policy of assimilation continued.