Oklahoma was still mired in economic depression on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, igniting World War II. Six years of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal had provided assistance to Oklahomans but had not produced prosperity. The next six years of worldwide conflict freed the Sooner State from the grip of the Great Depression and produced change on a scale seldom equaled in American history.
Oklahoma's fiscally conservative governor, Leon C. "Red" Phillips (1939–43), who had opposed many New Deal measures, could expect few favors from President Roosevelt. Nevertheless, Oklahoma community leaders and chambers of commerce successfully lobbied federal officials for a share of defense spending. Even before the United States entered the war, federal dollars poured into the state for training pilots, establishing military installations, and constructing wartime production facilities. The Selective Service Act of 1940 reduced unemployment and eventually placed so many men in uniform that women entered the work force in unprecedented numbers.
Answer:
The conflict between white and plain Indians refers to fatalities and quarrels between white settlers and indigenous Americans.
Explanation:
Because of a population increase and the addition of new states into its territories, the United States as a nation was steadily expanding westward by the 1800s. However, the land was already occupied by Plains Indians. The Plains Indians culture, language, and religion, was completely different from that of the white settlers. The conflict between the white settlers and native Indians thus became inevitable. The movement to Reservations and General Allotment (Dawes) Act of 1887 were some examples of how government policies of stick and carrot used against native Indians.
