they had not been brought over in sufficient quantity. Also‚ indentured servants only had to work for a few years to repay their debt. Indentured servants eventually assimilated into society‚ increasing the need for laborers. Black slaves were the answer‚ as a million blacks had already been brought from Africa to the Portuguese and Spanish colonies. The first Africans that arrived in Virginia were considered as servants‚ but were treated and viewed differently from white servants. Even before the
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Zinn Chapter 11 Questions (Partial through Emma Goldman) 1. What was the technology that transformed the work-place from 1865-1900? What economic and social effects did the new technology have on American society? 2. Why did it “take money to make money” during the period of rapid economic expansion after the Civil War? 3. How many railroad workers were killed or injured in 1889? Why did so many workers die on the job? 4. How did J.P. Morgan justify his methods of doing business? 5. Are there
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Kabot-Zinn clarifies that it is only required to pay attention and see things as they are in order to activate awareness‚ it does not require alteration. An attitude that can determine if awareness is activated is non-striving. When we just simply observe our thinking process and sensations rather than criticizing ourselves‚ we are allowing these things that we experience to be here in the present moment with us. Criticisms would only stimulate more negative thoughts and emotions. Moreover‚ our minds
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study guide‚ chapter 1 1. Which is more problematic: acknowledging differences in groups or assigning a hierarchy to different groups? Assigning a hierarchy to different groups is more problematic. For example if our society were to simply note that different groups are different‚ without an overt or implied status hierarchy‚ the issues of inequality would not be as important as they are today 2. Are race and ethnicity the only types of inequality in the US today? diversity in US today is not
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Name: ______________________________________________________ Period:_____ Chapter Review: 10 Mendel & Meiosis College Biology 1. An organism that is true breeding for a trait is said to be (a) homozygous (b) heterozygous (c) a monohybrid (d) a dihybrid 2. At the end of meiosis‚ how many haploid cells have been formed from the original cell? (a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four 3. When Mendel transferred pollen from one pea plant to another‚ he was ___ the plants. (a) self pollinating
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Chapters 1 and 2 1. The necessities that must be provided immediately by the founders of a new colony are a cemetery and a prison. 2. The rose bush outside the prison sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson. 3. The town people have gathered to witness the punishment of Hester Prynne. 4. The scarlet letter on her bodice is meant as punishment for her sin. The letter A stands for adultery. 5. Every new colony is quick in building a cemetery and prison because they know that misbehavior
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1. Atomic masses are expressed on a scale based on the mass of what? Carbon-12 2. Name the unit used to express atomic masses of individual atoms. Grams or molar mass‚ gmm 3. Define formula mass. Sum of the atomic masses of all atoms in a compound 4. What do we call the number of atoms of an element equal to the number of atoms in exactly 12.0 grams of carbon-12? Mole or Avogadro’s number 5. How many atoms are in a sample of an element whose mass is numerically equal to the atomic
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1. I believe the documentary was intriguing‚ eye-opening and realistic. The one scene in the documentary that truly stuck out to me was when one of the females felt like she was being picked on by Jane Elliot. She was a white female with short hair‚ the only one to walk out of the room. Jane Elliot states‚ “When your hand is up you are thinking about what you are trying to say rather than listening.” She wasn’t listening to Jane Elliot‚ she felt attacked and talked back and then walked out of the
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Tiffany Escandon APUSH Zinn Chapter 9 Summary Period 8 ZINN CHAPTER 9: “Slavery without submission‚ emancipation without freedom” Zinn chapter 9 talks about slavery before and after the Civil War‚ it describes the United States Government’s support of slavery until Abraham Lincoln’s approach to end Slavery. It mentions how the slaves were kept into slavery by whipping‚ religion‚ separating families and even killing. There were many failed attempts to abolish slavery prior
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Howard Zinn (August 24‚ 1922 – January 27‚ 2010) was an American historian‚ academic‚ author‚ playwright‚ and social activist. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books‚ which included his best-selling and influential A People’s History of the United States.[2] He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements‚ as well as of the labor history of the United States. His memoir‚ You Can’t Be Neutral on
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