Question

What inspired Helen Hunt Jackson to research and write A Century of Dishonor? A) her investment in the Carlisle Industrial Indian School B) her kidnapping as a child by American Indians C) her second marriage to Senator Henry Dawes D) her meeting with Ponca chief Standing Bear

Answer 1

Answer:

Option: D) her meeting with Ponca chief Standing Bear.

Explanation:  

Helen Hunt Jackson was born in Massachusetts. She became known as a writer and poet famously writing A Century of Dishonor in 1881. She became an activist on the support of Native Indians by the United States government. The book exposed the broken promises and harsh treatments made by the government to the Native Americans, which led the Natives to leave their land forcibly. The book was well-received in America and changed people attitudes toward Indians. It also influenced the government to appoint a commission to look into Indian Ponca people.