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The criticism of the reservation system for Native Americans highlights a shift towards individualism and severalty advocated by some scholars and
Tony Le History Campbell - MW Final Exam 1). Following the Seven Years War or French and Indian War, the British were in massive debt. The war resulted in a countless loss of lives and the British struggled financially.
After the Civil War, the second Industrial Revolution swept the US and the country began to flourish. Baring the economic prosperity, many Americans grew the urge to expand overseas. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, foreign policy was the hot topic among citizens and government officials. There were two sides to the argument; some Americans pushed for the aggressive foreign policy while others favored for the US to keep their nose out of foreign affairs. Notable figures in government took bold stands for and against foreign affairs.
Gary Nash, the author of the book, The Forgotten Experience, talks about the arbitrary lifestyle Native Americans and African American faced during the American Revolution, which occurred on April 19, 1775. Many Native American tribes in the east of the Mississippi joined the colonist to fight the war at the “home front” against the British. However, some of the Native Americans took advantage and fought against the colonists by themselves. On the other hand, African American fought the Revolution for freedom. They wanted to escape from being slaves and have equal rights as whites.
During the Civil War, both Northerners and Southerners debated what the status of African Americans would be after the war. With the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the passing of the 13th amendment in 1865, it became unclear as to where African Americans stood both in government and in society. While neither Northerners nor Southerners perceived enslaved African Americans and whites as equals, Northerners did recognize that African Americans were citizens not property. Northerners did recognize African Americans as citizens, whereas Southerners did not.
During the Indian Removal, many Indian tribes were forced to leave their land without their will. They were removed in a brutal manner from their homeland by white settlers and their properties were stolen from them. “Just as important for the people, their land, from which had flowed their religion, their social customs, their very sense of themselves as a people, was taken from them forever. Their towns were destroyed, their scared lakes, meeting grounds, and graveyards barred to them, their farms were given to European settlers.” Not only the Indians sacrificed their land, they were also separated from their families.
Indians were being surrounded a whole nation and not willing to give up their life style and costumes, relocation was best option in order to stay alive and take care of their culture. During the late 1820s a number of small “civilized tribes” had become a part of American society; some have moved into cabins, houses, and even mansions. After the Indian Removal Act of 1830, there was great unpleasant experience among the Indians who decided to remain on the natural land and way of life. Some of the Indians rejected the money given by Americans for their land. They stated that too much of their land had been taken already in the past 20 years and would defend and die for the land if it was necessary.
During the Progressive movement, African Americans, Industrial workers, and Women faced many different struggles and hardships. All 3 of these groups faced different obstacles which contributed to the social and economic problems of the United States throughout this time period. Women during this period of time struggled with equal rights such as the right to vote, African Americans struggled with segregation, violence and racism ; Industrial workers had a hardship over the progressive movement facing long and harsh work days which were mentally and physically doing harm. The struggles faced by African Americans, industrial workers, and women during the progressive movement were significant for social, and economic issues because after all
Throughout chapter VII from “From the Deep Woods to Civilization” Eastman narrates what treatment the Sioux faced. Through his detailed writing, the reader can envision the harsh reality. Eastman describes the conditions, “Rations had been cut from time to time; the people were insufficiently fed” he continues “Never were there worthless scraps of paper anywhere in the world than many of the Indian Treaties. Sickness was prevalent and the death rate alarming” (Eastman). The author's use of detail gives the reader a clear image.
Life was worse for African Americans after the Civil War for numerous reasons. To start off with many of the reasons is the violence after the Civil War, the violence in the South was very bad because of the KKK was in the South because the KKK did lynchings on the blacks to keep the blacks from voting and it scared many African Americans which it did work, many blacks did not vote in the South and many whites threatened blacks if they voted that they would be killed. Racism was very well noticed in the South Many blacks were being mistreated and harassed just because of their color. Moreover the blacks sharecropping many of the blacks was very hard and this was the only way for them to do anything so they used crops instead of money and
Native Americans had worse struggles for equality than African Americans because of political exclusion, ethnic genocide, and population decline. According to the National Archives in the 19th century, the U.S. Government wanted to expand on land that Native Americans owned, and that led to a violent clash.
During the years 1960, while the United States was fighting in the cold war. United United States was also facing some challenges among his territory. Many movements was happening at the same and the most popular was African American civil Rights movement that started from 1955 through 1968, and the Women's right movement from 1960s to 1975. Both movements had many similarities and differences and have affected socially and politically the United States .
The Black power movement was more than just a raised fist. It was an influential movement established in the 1960s, and began to slow down in the 70s, it promoted self-sufficiency among the black and African community, and they fought for equality and power among those who faced discrimination in society. The Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement were two different movements with very similar motives, but different ways of going about their fight for equality. Symbolism played a significant role in representing the Black Power Movement, and helped unify the group by using one symbol that all recognized. The movement began as a reaction to the Civil Rights Movement and continued into the 1970s as a force for good.
People express their concern as to how they are going to get food or pay their essential bills. Even though the United States doesn’t experience poverty regarding starvation, it has poverty issues that lead to diseases and malnutrition. There are many factors and causes for poverty in the US. This paper will discuss the causes and the effects of the poverty in the Native American Reservations. Unemployment is the main cause of poverty in the Native Reservations in the US.
