- They were severed from their original native culture and fully immersed into mainstream white American culture. A good example of this were the American Indian Boarding Schools that were created on the 19th and 20th centuries. In These boarding schools Native American children would be completely disconnected from their ethnic origins. They were educated in English, were not allowed to speak their native American language and had to give up their native American names and adopt European names.
- Several Supreme Court decisions deprived them of their own agency and independence in thir own affairs. Infantilizing them. United States v. Kagama (1886) ruled that Native Americans were destitute and incapable of protecting themselves and therefore under the total and direct protection and supervision of the US government.
Answer:
1. What is government?
- It is a set of institutions in which these philosophical decisions are made
- It is unique because it has authority and legitimacy
Why does government exist?
- To do what individuals cannot do for themselves
- To do "what is good, just, and honest" -John Winthrop
Why do we need government?
- without it, we would live in an anarchy
2. What ideas influenced the Constitution?
- a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority.
3. What is the importance of the Constitution?
- It is our CURRENT framework of government
- It puts the power of the government in the hands of the PEOPLE
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It protects our rights as citizens
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It separates the power of the government into 3 branches so that no one person or group becomes too powerful
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It places important limits on government power
4. What is federalism and how does it work?? What are its Strengths & Weaknesses?
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the system of dividing power between federal and state governments in the United States
- strengths: One of the strengths of a federal system is that it encourages innovation and experimentation in policy development.
- weakness: It hinders policy development and leads to budgetary inefficiency
5. How and why do people vote the way they do?
- Where people vote based on the portrayal of the leader or figureheads rather than for their constituency candidate
Explanation:
So many questions so here is the first 5
Answer:
Tubman decided to help the Union Army because she wanted freedom for all of the people who were forced into slavery, not just the few she could help on the Underground Railroad. And she convinced many other brave African Americans to join her as spies—even at the risk of being hanged if they were caught.
