The 1887 Dawes Act was part of a series of attempts to encourage Native American
a. genocide
b. assimilation
c. autonomy
d. emancipation
b. assimilation
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In the relationship story concerning the couple who had a small child, Lisa's strategy for handling conflict with Peter was to
(a) try to "out-reason" Peter (b) become cool and distant (c) blow up first, then apologize (d) pretend the conflict didn't happen
Unlike other ethnic groups in the U.S., female-headed Native American households have not increased in the last few decades
a) True b) False
Why are women far more likely to be widows than are men?
A. Wives are typically a few years younger than their husbands. B. Mortality rates among females are higher than for males. C. Widowed women are more likely to remarry than are widowed men. D. Men are more likely to be in the sandwich generation.
Most older people do not engage in bloc voting because:
A. they do not know how their representatives vote on most issues. B. they are less likely than younger voters to register and actually vote. C. old age physically disables them from exercising their voting rights. D. they belong to a homogenous group.