A People’s History of the United States is a book that explores the history of the United States. Howard Zinn writes from an omniscient point of view‚ this includes the view of the European explorers‚ the Native Americans‚ and scholars who study the discovery of America. Zinn’s book isn’t an alternative history as some say‚ it is history told with excruciating details that allow for reasoning from bias and change the impression of readers‚ and something to learn off of when it comes to history in
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1. Before reading the chapter: write down all that you think you know about Columbus‚ including myth as well as reality‚ you should have at least 5. 1. Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in italy. He went on a quest to find a new route to Asia. When he found America‚ he named the area the Indies‚ that’s also the reason he called the natives Indians. A common myth about Columbus is that he set out prove the world was flat‚ when he already believed it was round in the first place. a. After reading
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Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States This book explains the history of America starting from 1492 until the present. The history is told from the common people’s point of view. During my presentation I summarized chapters six through ten. Chapter six was titled “The Intimately Oppressed” and it refers to the inequalities in the lives of women during and after the revolution. Even though African American women had it the hardest‚ he referred to more women such as Caucasian‚ Native
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Zinn Chapter 12 1. Why might Teddy Roosevelt have thought that the United States needed a war in 1897? a. The United States was struggling politically and economically. It was believed that opening up markets overseas would relieve a lot of the problems that the United States was having in its depression. 2. In what sense was expansion overseas “not a new idea”? If it was not new‚ then why did it not begin until 1898? a. The Monroe Doctrine moved the US down south into the Caribbean even before the
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Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was a Genoese sea captain who‚ in 1492‚ approached Queen Isabella with an interesting plan‚ which was to try to find a new route to India by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. In August 1492‚ Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic towards what he thought would be India‚ but little did he know he’d find our present day America. On October 12th‚ 1492 a lookout aboard the Pinta spotted land‚ which was the present day Bahamas. The natives greated Columbus
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• CHAPTER I 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? 3. According to Zinn‚ how is Columbus portrayed in traditional history books? 4. Why does Zinn dispute Henry Kissinger’s statement: “History is the memory of states?” 5. Identify one early and one subsequent motive that drove Columbus to oppress indigenous peoples. 6. What was the ultimate fate of the Arawak Indians? 7. What were the major causes
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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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Columbus was born was born 1451 Genoa‚ Italy. Columbus was the one who discovered America he came from Palos‚ Spain with three ships Santa Maria‚ Pinta and Nina. When Columbus left for the New world he said “Following the light of the sun we left the old world”. They were trying to find a water from west Europe to Asia‚ they didn’t find it thought they found America. Then in October 12 ‚ 1492 Columbus started permanent Colonization in the Americas. Columbus was not the first to find America thought
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Exploration encouraged more trading and economic development for participating nations. The Triangular Trade was established which exchanged goods‚ such as sugar‚ tobacco‚ timber‚ and gold‚ and slaves between Africa‚ the Americas and Europe C. Columbus was under pressure to find gold and spices that he had promised to the king and queen of Spain. When he found out there was gold in Haiti he ordered the men to each bring a certain amount of gold to him because he needed to pay his dividends back
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because of the change of environments. The First Letter to Luis de Santangel was written on February 17‚ 1493. Ten years later‚ July 7‚ 1503‚ the Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella was composed. Within this ten year gap‚ so much turmoil was caused by Christopher Columbus’s discoveries. His curiosity led him to discover so much of what the world has to offer. In his First Letter to Luis de Santangel‚ he seemed very joyous‚ energetic‚ and grateful for his ability to conquer and secure many small islands
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