Zinn Questions – A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn Chapter 1 – Columbus‚ the Indians and Human Purpose 1. According to Zinn‚ what is the main purpose for writing A Peoples History of the United States? * Zinns purpose for writing this book is because he wants to tell the various point of views of the common people. 2. What is Zinns thesis for pages 1-11? * Zinns thesis for the first eleven pages is to tell/ describe events the way they happened. He starts with
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contact with such varied groups as the Goths‚ Vandals‚ Ostrogoths‚ Visigoths‚ and Huns. Document 1 Source: Philostorgius‚ a Roman citizen and bishop in the early Christian Church. Excerpt from his work‚ Church History‚ written in the 400s CE. Now the devout band of Christian prisoners [from the Roman Empire]‚ living as they did among the barbarian Goths‚ converted many of them to the way of piety and persuaded them to adopt the Christian faith instead of pagan
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industrialization‚ journalists‚ and outsiders. Supporters of the industrialization of Manchester were typically British politicians or businessmen‚ impressed by the progress and production of Manchester. One of these was Englishman W.H. Thomson‚ writer of History of Manchester to 1852. Thomson provides a map that shows the growth of Manchester over a period of one hundred years in which in transformed from a small town into a robust industrial city with railroads and canals. This map shows how industrialization
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open up the possibility for growth rather than simply just cause for fighting. The conflict between the Jews and Arabs is a prominent representation of this concept because of their past prejudices; Jews and Arabs have had very conflicting views in history and thus there was lots of confrontation. In another example‚ the genocide in Kosovo was a result of Serbians disliking the Muslim religion and resulted in a mass “ethnic cleansing” in their attempts to separate from the different culture. With a
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In the study of World history‚ there are many types of ways civilization can be defined. Many archeologists‚ anthropologists‚ and historians have found it to be very problematic in finding the one unsurpassed definition. No matter what people may disagree on when it comes to their definition of civilization‚ one thing is for sure‚ it is a society. However‚ a society can be made up of a long detailed list of different aspects and guidelines in order to make sure it stays intact‚ or it can be kept
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Comparing and Contrasting the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty Throughout history‚ many powerful empires and dynasties have ruled. Some ruled for hundreds of years‚ while others lasted for shorter time periods. All of these ruling powers had a great impact on their country’s development. The way they governed their people and kept in power were often very different but they often achieved the same goals. The Han Dynasty‚ which ruled China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E and the Roman Empire‚ which
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actually a verb describing the acts of the Norsemen who originated in Norway‚ Iceland‚ Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles‚ France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. This period of European history (generally dated to 793–1066) is often referred to as the Viking Age. It may also be used to denote the entire populations of these countries and their settlements elsewhere. Famed for their navigation ability and long ships‚ Vikings in a
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Louis XIV designed his reign in a way that made it one of the most influential rulings in European history‚ and his state-building and centralizing methods were deeply comprehensive. His reign was successful from when he assumed power until his death as a result of the complex and progressive way that he exercised power‚ which was through the combination of the symbolic and structural exercise of power‚ and these complimented each other in order for Louis to exercise his power at the apex. In terms
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1. Why was the year 1989 one of the most momentous in the twentieth century? Overall‚ the year 1989 saw the greatest expansion of pro-democracy protests the world had seen in years. In April‚ thousands of students‚ teachers‚ workers‚ and even some government officials crowded “…Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing‚ demanding greater democracy in China” (Foner 1048). Inspired by America and recent reforms in the Soviet Union‚ the protests lasted until July‚ when government troops reportedly
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Animal Farm is not just a novel for entertainment; it is a historical satire: a satire on European History. George Orwell was concerned with the spread of communism throughout Europe and the world and the oppression that took place under it. He hoped to bring awareness to the problem‚ and did so with his novel‚ Animal Farm. He wrote Animal Farm to parallel the events in European history concerning the Bolshevik Revolution and the communists ’ rise to power. He used a wide variety of characters
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