ZINN CHAPTER 7: Study Questions "As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs" 1. What is the major theme (recurring idea) in this chapter. The major theme in this chapter was about the Native Americans and their survival due to the Americans taking their land‚ spreading diseases‚ and raiding their towns. 2. What evidence does Zinn cite to illustrate the overall impact of Indian removal? The evidence Zinn uses to illustrate the overall impact of the Indian removal by talking about the book
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Zinn Chapter 12 1. Why might Teddy Roosevelt have thought that the United States needed a war in 1897? a. The United States was struggling politically and economically. It was believed that opening up markets overseas would relieve a lot of the problems that the United States was having in its depression. 2. In what sense was expansion overseas “not a new idea”? If it was not new‚ then why did it not begin until 1898? a. The Monroe Doctrine moved the US down south into the Caribbean even before the
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Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States CHAPTER 1‚ pg. 1-22 Columbus‚ the Indians and human progress. Directions: read the above chapter and answer the following questions on this sheet. Major Question: Is Christopher Columbus a Hero? 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? 2. According to Zinn‚ how is Columbus portrayed in traditional history books? 3. What is Zinn’s basic criticism of historian Samuel Eliot
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“Michael Howard’s ‘War and the Liberal Conscience’ is as persuasive a book could be about the necessity of studying war.” How far would you agree with this statement? In his book‚ Michael Howard describes what liberal thinkers have expressed about the entity of war in different periods in history. Chronologically‚ he has tried to persuade us with the teachings of Erasmus and Thomas Paine to Mazzini’s idea of nationalism and its effect on war‚ to Jeremy Bentham’s arguments all the way up to the
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television about another suicide bombing‚ violence follows us wherever we go. Throughout history violence has been socially accepted. Our ancestors used it to determine weakness and now we are using it again for the same reasons. Today the United States must still be the alpha dog‚ greater than all other countries but it isn’t about who has the larger club it’s about who has the bigger weapon. If you asked people on the streets if they thought violence was appropriate for achieving things most would
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entering World War 1‚ the United States proved to it’s citizens that not a single care would be given about their sons‚ fathers‚ brothers. The stock brokers‚ manufacturers and bankers prospered immensely from the vile that went on in the period of four years. The so figuratively called “masters” in Eugene V.Cantons speech‚ control the masses to their free will. Eugene also believed that the “master” class has always declared wars for their own personal benefits. The masters chose wars for their subjects
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Zinn: Chapter 11 Courtney Sever Period 2 Chapter 11: Robber Barons and Rebels Main Ideas - Businessmen monopolized the markets (railroads and steel are two good examples) in exchange for “economic stability” to ensure that they had control over the full market. They would then change prices as they pleased to drive out their competition. - Many workers in the South organized strikes‚ asking for higher wages. Most of these workers were black or members of the Knights of Labor. These strikes were
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1/12/12 Zinn Vs. Schweikart Turmoil that existed in the Americas a.k.a The New World has shaped and influenced much of the development of the world‚ as well as the conquers of the land or the tyrants some called them. Also has changed the history of the down trodden or the conquered. From the American colonies and the revolution. Howard Zinn and Larry Schweikart present different points of views of these subjects‚ but also they present similar views in the same respect. Columbus a hero or
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ZINN CHAPTER 5: Part I -- pp. 76-88 Study Questions 1. What support did the Revolutionary War effort have among the colonial population? The revolutionary War had some support from the colonial population. The Colonial population wasn’t very fond of the war. They did receive help from Sailors and mechanics who helped them with weapons‚ boats‚ etc. 2. What impact did slavery have on the war effort in the South? Slavery had a very large impact on the South’s was effort. Rebellions
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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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