Howard Zinn expertly states that “anyone reading history should understand from the start that there is no such thing as impartial history.” Zinn conveys that any written historical account indicates a certain lean or definite bias depending on who writes it. I agree with this statement because everyone must know that each and every chronicle of events has been interpreted and altered by the author according to their inclinations. A good instance of this claim is the portrayal of the infamous navigator
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Zinn 5 Paragraph Essay In “A People’s History of the United States‚” by Howard Zinn‚ Zinn states “To emphasize the heroism of Columbus and his successors as navigators and discovers‚ and to deemphasize their genocide‚ is not a technical necessity but an ideological choice. It serves-unwittingly-to justify what was done‚” this quote is true to all extent. True‚ Columbus and his followers founded Central America‚ but they were obviously not the first or the “native” Americans would have not been
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Chapter 7 pgs.182-194 The Rise of Cultural Nationalism Patterns of Education • Republican vision included enlightened citizenry‚ wanted nationwide system of free public schools to create educated electorate required by republic • By 1815 no state had a comprehensive public school system‚ schooling primary by private institutions open only to those who could pay o Most were aristocratic in outlook‚ trained students to become elite. Few schools for poor • Idea of “republican mother” to train
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Chapter 7: America Goes to War Building a National Army-Meirion and Susie Harries * Early fall of 1917 watchers near rail tracks would have seen young Americans riding to their appointed camps and cantonments * Very diverse people riding: Chocktaws and Cochin Chinese‚ Hebrews‚ Greeks‚ Italians‚ English‚ Irish‚ Scots‚ Slavs‚ Swedes‚ Germans‚ Austrians‚ Albanians‚ Poles‚ Armenians‚ Syrians‚ Finns‚ Hispanics‚ and Japanese. Blacks went on separate trains * Attracted men with all shapes
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Homework assignment for chapter 5: Problems 5.4 (page 177)‚ 5.4 A die is thrown (1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6) and a coin is tossed (H‚ T). (a) Enumerate the elementary events in the sample space for the die/coin combination. (b) Are the elementary events equally likely? Explain. A) Elementary events are - DIE COIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 HEADS H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 TAILS T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 B) YES‚ EACH EVENT IS EQUALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR. THERE ARE 12 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF ROLLING OE DIE AND
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Chapter Two Sam caught the keys and nodded. He put the witch’s body in the trunk‚ and he walked around to the other side of the car and got in the driver’s seat. Dean opened the door and put Cas’s hand on the seat so he knew where they were. Cas allowed Dean to lower him into the car before scooting over to sit behind Sam. Dean got in after Cas‚ more toward the middle. Cas felt around for Dean’s arm‚ and once he found it‚ he grasped it like it was his lifeline. Sam started the car‚ and Dean felt
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you are to respond to. Clarify how Zinn makes the argument that “racism” is not natural to human beings‚ but has been socially constructed (or “made” as a result of our experiences). Then‚ use Frederick Douglass’ words to help describe how the historical treatment of black Americans impacts race relations then and now. See the PDF on moodle regarding Analytic Paragraphs to help guide your writing. Remember‚ this is not your “opinion‚” but rather describing what Zinn and Douglass have argued regarding
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SOLUTION MANUAL CHAPTER 7 Borgnakke and Sonntag CONTENT CHAPTER 7 SUBSECTION In-Text concept questions Concept problems Heat engines and refrigerators Second law and processes Carnot cycles and absolute temperature Finite ∆T heat transfer Ideal gas Carnot cycles review problems PROB NO. a-g 1-14 15-36 37-43 44-77 78-91 92-95 96-113 Excerpts from this work may be reproduced by instructors for distribution on a not-for-profit basis for testing or instructional purposes
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Ch. 7 Pr. 1 For a population containing N=902 individuals‚ what code number would you assign for; a. The first person on the list= 001 b. The fortieth person on the list= 040 c. The last person on the list= 902 Ch. 7 Pr. 13 What additional information would you want to know about the survey before you accepted the results of the study? -Why was the study conducted? –What was the margin of error? –What was the sample size? -What sampling design was used? –What was the response rate
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There was a major difference in the interpretations of Howard Zinn and Eric Foner about the 1900’s. For starters‚ Both Howard Zinn and Eric Foner are American Historians who have written extensively on forgotten aspects of American History. Their works are often thought of as controversial for their views. When it comes to responding to historical moments Foner is somewhat more forgiving‚ while he called Zinn in his epitaph “the kind of historian ’that judges and condemns”. For example‚ In Zinn’s
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