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    * Chapter 21 Study Guide Answer Key 4. How did the rapid industrialization of warfare impact the war? It generated an array of novel weapons‚ including submarines‚ tanks‚ airplanes‚ poison gas‚ machine guns‚ and barbed wire. This new military technology contributed to the staggering casualties of the war‚ including some 10 million deaths; perhaps twice the number wounded‚ crippled‚ or disfigured; and countless women for whom their would be no husbands or children 5. With whom did the Ottoman Empire

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    Response to Howard Zinn article History is something we constantly refer to progress ourselves as humans‚ we learn from our mistakes and continue to strive from our successes. But who is to say what is a horrible mistake or a courageous act of valor? That which was documented about what happened so long ago‚ was done by a person who spread the story or wrote it down from their perspective. Howard Zinn’s argument that there is no

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    represented and organized" (pg 56-57). Another textbook used commonly in ethnic studies‚ A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn‚ talks about American history in a chronological sequence. Each chapter talks on a certain event in American history as he retells the events‚ and focuses on the role of the people who were affected by it in great detail. Zinn does this to prove the fact that those who

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    AP U.S. History Summer Work Zinn Study Questions Zinn Chapter 1: pp.1-11 Columbus‚ The Indian‚ and Human Progress 1. Zinn’s main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States is to show history from the viewpoint of others. 2. This is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11: These traits did not stand out in the Europe of the Renaissance‚ dominated as it was by religion of popes‚ the government of kings‚ and the frenzy for money that marked Western Civilization and its first messenger

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    9/18/10 A People’s History of the United States Chapter 2 What are the origins of slavery? Since the arrival of the Virginians to the New World‚ they were desperate for labor. The Virginians were unable to grow enough food to stay alive. During the winter‚ they were reduced to roaming the woods for nuts and berries and digging up graves to eat the corpses until five hundred colonists were reduced to sixty. They couldn’t force the Indians to work for them because they were outnumbered and despite

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    People’s History of the United States Reading Guide and Assignment Chapter 7: “ As Long as the Grass Grows or Water Runs” Directions: As you read the chapter‚ think about and answer the following questions. What is the major theme in this chapter? The major theme was Native American survival and the effects of Americans taking their land‚ raiding their communities‚ and spreading diseases. What evidence does Zinn cite to illustrate the overall impact of Indian removal? He uses the story

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    November 5‚ 2009 New Deal Thesis/Howard Zinn Zinn established the causes of the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression are capitalism. Capitalism is fundamentally unsound and is vulnerable to devastating ups and downs that cause havoc in society. As a result of unchecked industrial expansion through the second half of the 19th century‚ America’s wealth coalesced in the hands of the very few elite and left the balance of the country essentially poor. Mass production in factories quickly outstripped

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    After reading Howard Zinn’s viewpoint on Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and the human progress I can now confirm/characterize that Columbus is‚ as historical figure‚ not a hero‚ but somewhere in between being a hero and a villain (being more towards a villain). Throughout the whole reading the reader can notice how Colombus’ mistake of finding a new route to Asia and mistakenly discovering an unknown land to the Europeans caused great pain for the natives who were forced into labor/made into slaves to go

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    A People’s History of the United States is a 1980 non-fiction book by American historian and political scientist Howard Zinn. In the book‚ Zinn seeks to present American history through the eyes of the common people rather than political and economic elites. A People’s History has been assigned as reading in many high schools and colleges across the United States.[1] It has also resulted in a change in the focus of historical work‚ which now includes stories that previously were ignored.[2] The book

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    Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress by Howard Zinn Posted on October 13‚ 2009 by dandelionsalad by Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad October 12‚ 2009 Image by Whiskeygonebad via Flickr An excerpt from A People’s History of the United States. Arawak men and women‚ naked‚ tawny‚ and full of wonder‚ emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore‚ carrying swords‚ speaking

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