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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United States declared war against Great Britain. Since the 1790s‚ American leaders tried to avoid getting involved in wars between France and Britain. George Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality which meant that the United States would not choose sides between France and Britain. In 1800‚ John Adams agreed to the Convention of 1800. This ended the alliance America formed with France during the American Revolution‚ which threatened to draw America into Europe’s wars. The next president‚ Thomas
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intervention of USA was more of a hindrance than help in resolving the Korean War. This is because USA prolonged the war‚ and made it international by getting China involved. However‚ USA was also a help because it provided the South with the manpower to fight back against the North Korean army and by pushing them back to the 38th parallel. The intervention of USA was more of a hindrance because the USA prolonged the war by invading into the North Korean territory when they could have actually ended
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to 220 C.E and the Roman Empire‚ which was in power from 31B.C.E. to 476 C.E.‚ are two examples of this. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty had many similarities such as public works and a strong government system‚ but they also had many differences like their forms of government and how slavery existed in their society. There are many similarities between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty. For example‚ both invested greatly in public work projects such as roadways and water treatments systems
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The war of 1812 took place in America and Canada. The Americans fought with the British and natives of the land. When the US and congress declared war on Great Britain‚ they may not have realized that their success seemed to be doomed to begin with. There was strong lack of support from American citizens to go to war‚ this was because of several reasons. Divided forces from different states caused problems and didn’t want to cooperate or complete certain tasks. Ports were not being allowed for war
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was like in the Philippines! Before the Spanish-American war‚ the Philippines were a territory of Spain‚ along with some other countries like Cuba and Puerto Rico. Spain mistreated the people of these territories. They moved them into camps‚ that had shelters with no roofs. If they didn’t get there in time‚ they were executed. The United States stepped in and went to war with Spain for the independance of these territories. When we won the war‚ we got control of these
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The Great War was a hard fought war between two high power groups who just could not agree with each other. The war started on July 28‚ 1914 through November 11‚ 1918. The allied powers and the central powers could not agree with each other. They declared war and so the war began. The United States stayed neutral until the third year of the war. The US stayed neutral because President Woodrow Wilson did not take any side in the war so they stayed out of it. There were several other things they did
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01/06/2011 The Road to War 1. Sectional Armistice of 1850 President Taylor adopted a form of popular sovereignty when dealing with the issue of slavery. He essentially made California a free state. a. Proposal (clay) i. Henry Clay was very weary of this crisis. He created a new compromise that challenged Taylor’s leadership of the Whig party. ii. In January of 1850‚ Clay got Daniel Webster to support him in creating a new comprehensive settlement to all
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Feelings of patriotism and a sense of pride arose after the War of 1812. As America fought its Second War of Independence‚ it set itself on a path to industrial power and regained its sense of nationalism. Regional economies in the country lead to differences between the North and the South. The industrial revolution‚ which had begun in Britain‚ lead to the prosperity of manufactured goods‚ and with Jefferson’s Embargo Act of 1807 and Slater’s invention of the Spinning Jenny‚ goods were starting
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Early modern Western Europe faced political changes from 1500-1750. These were based on three main political ideas: monarchy‚ balance of power‚ and religious reforms. The main type of government became monarchies‚ which had one main ruler and a parliament. The parliament was a group of state-elected legislatures‚ used to represent the citizens. Document five‚ Political Craft and Craftiness on page 420-421‚ explains the qualities that Machiavelli thought that a prince should have to be a proper prince
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