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The cultural assimilation of Native Americans<span> was an </span>assimilation<span> effort by the United States to transform </span>Native American culture<span> to European–American culture between the years of 1790–1920.</span>[1][2] George Washington<span> and </span>Henry Knox<span> were first to propose, in an American context, the cultural transformation of Native Americans.</span>[3]<span> They formulated a policy to encourage the "civilizing" process.</span>[2]<span> With increased waves of immigration from Europe, there was growing public support for education to encourage a standard set of cultural values and practices to be held in common by the majority of citizens. Education was viewed as the primary method in the acculturation process for minorities.</span>
The Great Society saw government as providing a hand up, not a handout. The cornerstone was a thriving economy (which the 1964 tax cut sparked); in such circumstances, most Americans would be able to enjoy the material blessings of society.
<span>Others aspects would be the kind of help most of us got from our parents health care, education and training, and housing, as well as a nondiscriminatory shot at employment‹to share in our nation's wealth. </span>
<span>Also, but not the cornerstone, was poverty. If the Great Society had not achieved that dramatic reduction in poverty, and the nation had not maintained it, 24 million more Americans would today be living below the poverty level.</span>
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