Gains and Losses of Native Americans in the Gilded Age

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  • Created by: Hafiza R
  • Created on: 18-05-21 10:39

1. How did reservation education benefit NA?

  • Boarding schools allowed them to find better jobs
  • Better economic prospects
  • Praised by family back on reservations
  • Allowed them to establish businesses
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2. What did the Dawes Act grant NA?

  • Citizenship
  • Right to their land back
  • Compensation
  • Improved economic positions

3. What was a result of assimilation?

  • Lost much of their independence, culture and own values
  • Better job prospects - easier to hire having been assimilated
  • Created better citizens for manifest destiny goal
  • Improved economy

4. What was education like on reservations?

  • Poor-quality - kids often ran home and got bored easily because of language barriers
  • Ok enough - able to get by with the resources and finding available
  • Excellent - secured jobs as soon as school was finished
  • Mid-standard - kids got distracted easily but teachers were engaging

5. Why did most NA have to sell their land?

  • The land given was impossible to cultivate (grow crops on) and not suitable for their new lives
  • To move elsewhere because of assimilation
  • To overcome debts
  • Land was too little

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