AP U.S. History Summer Work 2013-2014 School Year ZINN CHAPTER 1: pp. 1-11 Columbus‚ The Indian‚ and Human Progress 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? 2. What is Zinn’s Thesis for pages 1-11? 3. According to Zinn‚ how is Columbus portrayed in traditional history books? 4. Why does Zinn dispute Henry Kissinger’s statement: “History is the memory of states?” 5. What is Zinn’s basic criticism of historian
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The removal of American Indian tribes from lands east of the Mississippi River to what is now the state of Oklahoma is one of the tragic episodes in American history. Early treaties signed by American agents and representatives of Indian tribes guaranteed peace and the integrity of Indian territories‚ primarily to assure that the lucrative fur trade would continue without interruption. American settlers’ hunger for Indian land‚ however‚ led to violent conflict in many cases‚ and succeeding treaties
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example on the issue‚ Howard Zinn‚ an American historian‚ stated this about Columbus-era explorers and navigators: “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.” The essence of Zinn’s quote is definitely a fundamental truth; people accept what benefits them more and attempt to hide what doesn’t. Zinn was displeased in the
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Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy in the 1830’s raised many questions as to whether or not it was constitutional. To start off the Indian removal policy was a law that authorized the president to negotiate with southern tribes for them to remove themselves to federal territory west of the Mississippi river in return for their native land that they occupied. Although‚ it was basically mandatory that the indians move from their lands there were different responses to the removal policy. One response
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Mississippi; However‚ since indian tribes occupied these lands‚ americans petitioned natives to be removed leading to the Indian Removal Act where authorized president‚ Andrew Jackson‚ signed a treaty to remove native tribes east of the Mississippi river and provide land west of the river. In difference‚ I believe this act wasn’t justified for several reasons; such as laws being disobeyed‚ natives being disrespected‚ and the Trail Of Tears The Indian removal act wasn’t justified because
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In the 1800’s when America was still developing as a new country‚ there were still many conflicts proceeding throughout that period. Andrew Jackson served as the seventh president and his main concern was the removal of the Cherokee tribe from their own land. As a result‚ the Cherokee people were divided amongst themselves because of this act President Jackson wanted to enforce. While many Cherokee people ignored Jackson’s instructions and stayed on their land‚ few did go to what is now Oklahoma
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Clark‚ and the Pilgrims. Indians were visibly the first people to settle in the United States‚ and the many to be taken away from their sacred motherland. White Americans had said that they feared the Indians because they we’re aliens who took over land‚ more so savages‚ heathens and barbarians (Minges‚ 454). President Andrew Jackson was the one who stood out to people‚ trying his best to make executive decisions to help his nation and that led to the removal the Indians from their land. In 1830
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Mrs.Rentz Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal policy was a terrible act. In 1830 Andrew Jackson passed a law that would change Native American lives forever .This act was the worst act removing the people that had been here way much longer than the English settlers. Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy was informed by his belief in nationalism and states’ rights; the policy led to corruption and the near destruction of Native Americans. Andrew Jackson had a strong belief in nationalism
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Zinn Essay Period 3 US History AP A nation founded on the slaughter of innocent people will never admit what they did was wrong. Most of them will not even acknowledge that such events ever took place. They will even go as far as to tell their children that the murderous tyrants of old were heroes and how they brought peace and prosperity. They will preach of how a nation of uneducated savages was given the gift of Christianity and how the divine light lead them to become people of culture. This
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Lewis Cass‚ "Removal of the Indians‚" article was published by the National Humanities Center to use Standards-Based Professional Development conference. This articles was made in January in the 1830’s years directed towards the Indians. In beginning of the documentation‚ the problem started with the Indians upon arriving to the United States. The Indian group was a big population increase and caused embarrassments and distress to the country. Many people also felt as if the whites could not progress
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