Assignment due Tuesday, 4/1/08

Articles 50 & 52

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The ____ states that poverty is reproduced from one generation to another, and functions to justify blaming the poor for their poverty and blaming social problems on innate deficiencies.
a.
culture of poverty thesis
b.
eugenics movement
c.
deficient hypothesis
d.
disability dogma


____ 2. The ____ uses a single issue (such as race or gender or sexual orientation) as the focus for identity formation.
a.
biological model
b.
cultural model
c.
minority group model
d.
empowerment model


____ 3. As noted in "The First Americans: Americans Indians," the "Trail of Tears" resulted from which of the following policies:
a.
the Indian New Deal.
b.
removal.
c.
assimilation.
d.
self-determination.


____ 4. As noted in "The First Americans: Americans Indians," assimilation of American Indians took the form of:
a.
boarding schools for American Indian children.
b.
the 1887 General Allotment Act.
c.
tribal governance.
d.
both a and b


____ 5. Matthew Snipp notes in "The First Americans: Americans Indians," that American Indians living in urban areas have been helped by:
a.
the government.
b.
reservations.
c.
pan-Indianism.
d.
none of the above


____ 6. According to Matthew Snipp, American Indians are one of the most ____ groups in American society.
a.
significant
b.
diverse
c.
destitute
d.
insignificant


Essay

7. Discuss the biological and cultural models of race, class and disability. How did these models impact policy development?

8. Discuss eugenics. What role did eugenics play in establishing a hierarchy of "lower" and "higher" races?

9. Compare and contrast the minority group model and the empowerment model. The authors advocate for the use of which model in understanding race, class and disability? Why?

10. How has the United States government carried out its goal of assimilation of American Indians?

Short Answer

11. Internet Exercises and Questions for Further Study:

a. National Council on Disability
http://www.ncd.gov/
1. What is the overall purpose of the agency?
2. Does this agency employ a single issue focus or does it address multiple concerns?

b. Native Web:
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/history/united_states/
1. Explore an area of Native American history. What new information have you learned about the experiences of Native Americans?
2. How has this information broadened your understanding of the oppression of
Native Americans by the U.S. government?