Native American History

Please remember to start a new paragraph when you start a new idea; paragraphs over six sentences will have points deducted.

1. Please describe the political and economic reasons for why Americans moved into the West.
2. Please describe the various ways Native American groups responded to white Americans moving west, cite 3 specific tribes as examples.
3. Please describe how official policies changed over time as the government tried to manage Native Americans in the west.
4. Please explain why official policies changed over time as the government tried to manage Native Americans in the west.

Please provide specific examples from the textbook and lecture materials.  Do not quote directly from the textbook or lecture materials.  Your answer must be at least 350 words in total, not per question part.

 

2ND assignment:

Using information from the textbook chapter, the lecture on the Progressive Movement, and the movie Rabbit-Proof Fence, answer both questions.

Please remember to start a new paragraph when you start a new idea; sentences over six sentences will have points deducted.

1. Were Progressive policies for Native Americans similar to or different from previous policies for Native Americans? Explain.
2. Were there similarities between how Americans treated Native Americans and how Australian Progressives treated Native Australians? Explain and describe the similarities.