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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The Progress of Love Plot: Woman gets call at work from her father‚ telling her that her mother is dead. Father never got used to living alone and went into retirement home. Mother is described as very religious‚ Anglican‚ who had been saved at the age of 14. Father was also religious and had waited for the mother since he first met her. They did not have sex until marriage and the father was mildly dissapointed that the mother did not have money. Description of the house follows‚ very high ceilings
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Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress Essay In the beginning of the first chapter Zinn tells us about Christopher Columbus’s expedition. He tells us about the indians or natives of Haiti and other islands‚ and how open they were to the white man. They traded‚ hospitalized‚ and respected these men that they never knew of. In return Zinn writes about how inhumane‚ barbarous‚ and cruel the white man was to the natives. Columbus was so ambitious that he didn’t take the time to understand that
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Pilgrim’s Progress’s Setting Pilgrim’s Progress has many detailed settings and events. Readers experience fights with dragons‚ roaring lions‚ and valleys filled with monsters. However‚ out of all the scenes‚ Christian’s encounter with the Worldly-Wiseman strikes attention best. Not only does he manipulate him‚ but a menacing hill almost crushes the pilgrim. Next‚ his teacher calls upon the skies‚ and magma spouts from its sinister peak. The signature smell of cow manure would surely haunt
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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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Chapter 10 The Other Civil War 1. What factors contributed to the growth of monopolies before the Civil War? What are some examples of monopolies formed in the 1850s? 2. What role did the federal and state governments play in the creation of monopolies? 3. Define “working-class consciousness.” Use the following documents to help you. a. 1827 “Address…before the Mechanics and Working Classes…of Philadelphia” b. 1829 Francis Wright’s speech on July 4th c. 1829 George
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Christopher Columbus first discovered the Americas while trying to prove his theory that Europeans could reach China by sailing west from Europe. After years of study‚ he approached the rulers of several European countries to fund his exploration. Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund the voyage and in August of 1492‚ Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos with three ships and 88 men. Columbus described this first voyage to the Americas in his ship’s log‚ which proves
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Bible is more than a religious book. Reflecting most extensively western ideas and culture‚ the bible is really an encyclopedia. All in one‚ it is history‚ it is literature‚ it is record of great minds. It has left an enormous influence on the human race. Over the ages‚ writers have loved to mine the Bible’s narrative riches‚ taking a Bible story and retelling it in a new form: a long novel‚ a stage play‚ a musical‚ an opera‚ or a screenplay. ChapterⅠ
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Journal Entry One: Chimi Northrop-Toro Christopher Columbus: Letter to Ferdinand and Isabel Regarding the Fourth Voyage This letter had a negative and cynical tone. It describes the lands in exhausted state and in destruction. “Of Espanola‚ Paria‚ and the other lands‚ I never think without weeping‚ I believed that their example would have been to the profit of others; on the contrary‚ they are in an exhausted state; although they are not dead‚ the infirmity is incurable or very extensive; let
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William Howard Taft Born: 9/15/1857 Birthplace: Cincinnati‚ Ohio William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati on Sept. 15‚ 1857. A Yale graduate‚ he entered Ohio Republican politics in the 1880s. In 1886 he married Helen Herron. From 1887 to 1890‚ he served on the Ohio Superior Court; 1890–92‚ as solicitor general of the United States; 1892–1900‚ on the federal circuit court. In 1900 McKinley appointed him president of the Philippine Commission and in 1901 governor general. Taft had great success
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