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    Francheska Rosado Chapter 1 ‚ A people’s History of the United States Christopher Columbus came thinking he found Asia when in fact all he found was the Americas. The ship they were in was called Saint Maria. The first place they landed was Cuba. They were in search for gold mostly‚ which Columbus promised the king and queen in Spain. He took the Arawaks Indians as slaves when it was hard for him to find gold. When he arrived in Haiti he created the first military base called Navidad which means

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    Study Questions Zinn Chapter 1 1. According to Zinn‚ his main purpose for composing A People’s’ History of the United States was to tell the history from the viewpoint of the weak‚ the ones conquered‚ instead of the classic viewpoint from which history is told of the victors‚ those who conquered‚ the ruling class‚ etc. The reason for Zinn’s dispute of Kissinger’s statement comes directly from Zinn’s own ideological view on how history should be told. Kissinger states 2. 3. 4.

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    Howard Zinn Summary

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    The people’s views of the United States focuses on the individual encounters and battles of individuals who lived in the United States from 1492-present. It is a perspective of history from the regular man’s point of view‚ instead of the pioneers’ perspective and high society of this nation. The book rotates around the perspectives of history from the persecuted perspective. Howard Zinn makes it clear from the earliest starting point that he will esteem the perspectives and encounters of the mistreated

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    Patel AP US History Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United Sates Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has been a moving and influential book till its first publication date in 1980. It has told the story of the conquers‚ the leaders‚ and the rulers but also the hardship of the enslaved‚ the oppressed‚ and the led. Like one of his famous quotes say “There is an underside to every age about which history does not often speak‚ because history is written from records left

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    Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States In the first chapter of A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn‚ the main focus is on the Indians‚ Christopher Columbus and the human progress and the author’s way of presenting factual information. Christopher Columbus is introduced as the famous navigator and explorer of the “New World”. We were taught in school that he discovered America and that was just enough for our tiny brains to like him because America is built on freedom

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    society as well. Howard Zinn was a professor and currently is a book publisher‚ a play‚ and musical writer. Howard soon realizes in his career‚ something seems to be odd about the way Hollywood makes films in history. He felt it was very important for the public to realize how Hollywood portrays the teachings of American history; not to mention‚ how

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    Zinn Chapter 1- Study questions 1. Howard Zinn explains that his purpose as a historian and his purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States‚ is to tell history from the view points of the forgotten members of history‚ such as the Cubans during the Spanish-American War. 2. Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11 talks about how history only tells itself from the viewpoint of the rulers and victors. Zinn’s goal is to tell about history from the viewpoint of the victims‚ such as the fate of the

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    Outline of “Drawing the Color Line”‚ chapter 2 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States p. 23 “. . . that special racial feeling . . . that combination of inferior status and derogatory thought we call racism.” Zinn says we need to understand how racism started in order to see how it might end. Factors that led to U.S. slavery 24 a—“The Virginians needed labor”—to grow food & tobacco 25 b—“They couldn’t force Indians to work for them” c—“White servants

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    Howard zinn Christoper colombus They ... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things‚ which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned... . They were well-built‚ with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear arms‚ and do not know them‚ for I showed them a sword‚ they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane... . They would make fine

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    fascinated because it revealed the true past that happened when Columbus‚ Cortes and Pizarro’s colonized their part of the New World and how it should be time to rewrite history. In Matthew Restall’s chapter 1‚ A Handful of Adventurers‚ he explains that these three men are portrayed as larger than life as opposed to greedy humans. In Howard Zinn’s chapter 1Columbus‚ The Indians‚ And Human Progress‚ which focus on Columbus also states that by portraying him as a hero and a great explorer‚ his horrible

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