Chapter 13 Zinn opens chapter with the recognition that “war and jingoism might postpone‚ but could not fully suppress‚ the class anger that came from the realities of ordinary life”. Despite the brief interlude that momentarily quelled class conflict‚ the issues at home had never been resolved and resurfaced with a vengeance. More and more writers were writing from a Socialist mindset: Upton Sinclair published The Jungle in 1906‚ as a commentary on Chicago’s meatpacking industry. In writing
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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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AP United States History 7 January 2014 Period 4 Zinn Chapter 11 Manifest Destiny gave reason to go to the West for opportunists. The more common name for these opportunistic Americans were industrialists. These people came on the rise as Robber Barons. What would become household names were simply paving their ways towards success in these days. This brand of people became a part of American culture‚ forever changing it and embellishing their names within it‚ such as Rockefeller‚ Standford
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practically stationary there was no progress occurring. 6. Why did the countries not tell their citizens about the casualties? f. Because the casualties were in the extremes and they did not want to scare their citizens to back out of the war. 7. What was the first action that caused Wilson to rethink isolationism? g. The Germans threatening to sink all of the merchant ships sent to their enemy. 8. What were some of the consequences of the war? h. As soon as the war started
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Tiffany Escandon APUSH Zinn Chapter 9 Summary Period 8 ZINN CHAPTER 9: “Slavery without submission‚ emancipation without freedom” Zinn chapter 9 talks about slavery before and after the Civil War‚ it describes the United States Government’s support of slavery until Abraham Lincoln’s approach to end Slavery. It mentions how the slaves were kept into slavery by whipping‚ religion‚ separating families and even killing. There were many failed attempts to abolish slavery prior
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Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United States Chapter Four Summary Chapter four of A People’s History of the United States‚ by Howard Zinn is about how Britain’s aggressiveness in government allows their tightening on the colonies. Because of their need for raw materials to balance their economy‚ their control over the colonies becomes stronger in order to obtain these raw materials. The colonists perform a series of rebellions in order to overthrow this British rule. To lead these
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Charles Purkerson Jr His 108 8/27/14 Zinn Chapter 1 Zinn Q and A Q: 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History Of The United States? A: 1. Zinn’s main purpose was to give a detailed account of American history from the victim’s point of view or present the history from the point of view of the common people Q: 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? A: 2. Zinn’s thesis is that Christopher
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Columbus has always been portrayed as an enlightened‚ peaceful explorer who “discovered” a new world‚ and became friends with the native people. Howard Zinn’s view on Columbus’s encounter with the natives is an entirely different perspective. Zinn describes Columbus as a man who is willing to torture and kill others to be able to accomplish what he wants; in this case he wanted to obtain gold and other resources to take back with him to Spain. When Columbus and his men arrived to the islands‚ he
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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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ZINN CHAPTER 7: Study Questions “As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs” 1. The major theme (recurring idea) in this chapter was about the Native Americans and their survival due to the Americans taking their land‚ spreading diseases‚ and invades their towns. 2. The evidence that Zinn cites to illustrate the overall impact of Indian removal is by talking about the book “Fathers and Children”. This book talks about how Native Americans were dismissed from their land and eventually there were
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