Exam 7: American Indians

A recent proposal suggested that many reservations be used as __________.

The median age for Native American males is about __________ than the median age in the U.S. population.

Although he admired the Native Americans, Columbus essentially saw them as potential servants.

Efforts to overcome chronic unemployment among Native Americans now emphasize __________.

The major problem with the Bureau of Indian Affairs dealing with Native Americans is that __________.

Native American children grow up under the encouragement and discipline of the extended family, not just the nuclear family.

The government administrator in charge of the Native American relocation program had also presided over the __________.

After 1933, Franklin Roosevelt's administration shifted from a policy of forced assimilation to one of pluralism.

The __________ in 1924 granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans.

Senator Dawes hoped the General Allotment Act would engender a spirit of __________ in Native Americans.

What was the significance of the Wounded Knee standoff?

One tribe brought to economic disaster by the termination program was the __________.

Approximately what percentage of the Mississippi Choctaw perished in their march to Oklahoma?

According to Benjamin Franklin's account, which of the following did the Iroquois consider to be elements of European education?

Explain how the Seminole resisted expulsion from Florida after the Indian Removal Act.

The Native-American birthrate is __________.

Native Americans experienced __________ from the dominant group.

Native-American silence with strangers usually indicates __________.

For the Indians, cultural diffusion usually meant __________.

What is referred to as the "new buffalo" for American Indians?