(The changing status of minorities) Changes in the lives of Native Americans Flashcards
What did many native americans have to do in WW2?
Move to cities
Many native americans had to move to cities in WW2, creating problems:
_________ were less _________ for those left ______ & returning _______ & ______.
Native Americans were already one of the ______ groups in America & _________ _______ was poor.
a) reservations
b) sustainable
c) behind
d) servicemen & women
e) poorest
f) reservation farmland
What did the 1944 Indian Claims Commission begin?
Termination, giving compensation for land lost to native Americans, but the land itself was not returned.
What was the name of the policy that began termination, where compensation given for lands lost to native Americans, but the land itself was not returned?
The 1944 Indian Claims Commission
The policy of termination changed under President _________, as it was _________.
In ________, it was stated _________ should be ________ & Native Americans were ________ to move to _____ areas to participate in ________ _____ America.
a) Eisenhower
b) stepped up
c) august 1953
d) reservations
e) broken up
f) encouraged
g) urban
h) mainstream white
The policy of termination was a disaster, particularly after it was stepped up by Eisenhower.
Why?
(responsibility, permanently)
Federal govt rid itself of responsibility to save money, cutting NAs loose without allowing them to accustom to urban life.
By 1960, 13,000/400,000 NAs moved from reservations permanently. Many of those who left were unemployed, faced prejudice & became alcoholics. Others returned to their familiar lifestyle on reservations.
Ultimately, the policy of termination was ________ but left an _______ between Native Americans and ____________.
By the ___s, some became more _______ towards the _________.
a) abandoned
b) ill-feeling
c) federal government
d) 60s
e) militant
f) government
