Abstract This paper examines how the history of the Native American is fraught with attempts to assimilate and with acts of dispossession and how the indigenous culture is multi-faceted. It looks at how Melissa Meyer, in her book, "The White Earth Tragedy", argues that Minnesota's White Earth Reservation of the Anishinaabe, or Chippewa, could have been an experimental showcase for assimilation, how the Dawes Act went awry, and how the Anishinaabe were dispossessed of their land and its resources.
From the Paper "The Anishinaabe people were originally composed of a number of bands whose migratory habits brought them into contact with one another only on occasion. The introduction of settlers or Euroamericans (mainly French) into the area brought yet another element into their society. By the end of the nineteenth century there existed two major factions among the Chippewa of Minnesota: those of mixed blood and full blood conservatives. The Metis or mixed blood members of the tribe were interested in following the course set down by the government. They advocated assimilation and the inclusion of Western marketing. The conservatives, on the other hand, thought to preserve the integrity of the "old ways" by following the cultural agenda of tradition."
An analysis of Eudora Welty's writing style in "Death of a Traveling Salesman", "Why I live at the P.O", "A Worn Path", "Lilly Daw and the Three Ladies", and "The Hitch-Hikers".
Abstract The paper identifies and analyzes Eudora Welty's writing techniques in "Death of a Traveling Salesman", "Why I live at the P.O", "A Worn Path", "Lilly Daw and the Three Ladies", and "The Hitch-Hikers". The paper describes how Welty portrays people living in the South with an outsider's perspective. The paper relates that she does not use characters as tragic figures and illustrates how the detail Welty adds almost brings her characters to life. The paper also shows how Welty utilizes sarcasm and satire and seems to include a solitary theme and a theme of hopelessness in her works.
From the Paper "The 1930's were difficult times in America. The Great Depression was at its worst, and American's were beginning to give up hope for improvement. Part of President Roosevelt's New Deal, the Works Progress Administration employed over 8 million Americans. One of which was Eudora Welty, a Mississippi photographer. Through the program, Mrs. Welty had her first story published and began her career as a writer of Southern Modernism. In her first published collection, Eudora Welty is praised for her story, "The Worn Path" that fits the mold perfectly of her well-known Modernistic style. Eudora Welty, a Mississippi woman, began her job at the WPA taking photographs. As an acclaimed photographer, she took photos of The Depression the way that is actually was. Inspired by her exposure to everyday life in the Southern Depression Era, Welty began writing fiction. (Cr.nps.gov)"
From the Paper "The land allotment program of the Dawes Act was a total failure in terms of improving conditions for Native Americans.
The Dawes Severalty Act, also called the General Allotment Act, was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1887. The Act stipulated that Native Americans give up their tribal lands in return for individual land grants. Sponsored by Senator Henry Laurens Dawes, the Dawes Act was intended to promote the integration of the Indians into the homesteading way of life. The main effect of the Dawes Act, however, was to open up Indian territory to white settlers. As a land-rich tribe, the Sioux Nation was particularly vulnerable to changes in federal government land policy. Consequently, the Sioux lost a significant portion of their tribal lands as a result of the Dawes Act.
The Dawes Act of 1887 was the most important piece of.."
Abstract The League of Nations, which lasted from 1920 to 1946, was born out American outrage over the idea that Americans were sacrificing increasing numbers of men towards making the world safe for democracy while Europeans were concerned with potential war booty. This paper traces the beginnings of the League with Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points", his intentional exclusion of Russia and Germany from the League and the part the League played in causing the Second World War.
From the Paper "Americans distrusted foreign alliances after the revelation of the secret treaties and subsequent revelations that most of the horror stories of German atrocities that encouraging America's entry into the war had been fabricated in London. (Brinkley, p. 358.) Whether or not America's participation in the League of Nations could have prevented World War II is a matter of speculation, but Wilson predicted the possibility as he fruitlessly campaigned for his cause. The complex issues leading to World War II were based in the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles that included reparations of $32 billion. The forces in Germany that had pursued policies of world domination before 1914 remained powerful and expectant; the German right denied there had been any Allied victory."
Tags: Leon, Trotsky, Treaty, of, Versailles, Dawes, Plan
Abstract This paper analyzes the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed after the end of World War I and questions its nature in relation to the problems it caused 20th Century Europe. It looks at how the treaty, which the allies forced upon the Germans in 1919, has been one of the most controversial political acts of the twentieth century and how on almost every aspect can be seen as a failure, although it did provide Europe with twenty years of peace from 1919 to 1939. It examines such issues as reparations forced on the Germans who could not pay and the territorial changes that were made in Europe. It evaluates how the treaty was too harsh upon the Germans and how it caused resentment amongst them, which Hitler skilfully brought to the surface.
From the Paper "The other key feature of Versailles was the reparations which the allies believed that the Germans had to pay. These ranged from the modest to the ridiculous. The French believed 200 million German Marks would be the minimum that the Germans would have to pay. Both Britain and France wanted reparations, by France desperately needed them, as the war had left the French economy in ruins. Therefore the French aims with Versailles was to hamstring the German economy in such a way that the Germans would have paid for France's war and left themselves bankrupt. To the French this was the ideal situation, as a bankrupt Germany would pose no threat to the safety of France. However the French could not see that by hamstringing the German economy, the whole of the European economy would be wrecked."
Abstract This six-page undergraduate paper defines, gives examples, and explains the relevance to the development of today's social welfare policy of the Protestant work ethic, settlement houses, almshouses, the Progressive Era, Social Darwinism, and the Dawes Act.
