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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Vin Patel AP US History Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United Sates Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has been a moving and influential book till its first publication date in 1980. It has told the story of the conquers‚ the leaders‚ and the rulers but also the hardship of the enslaved‚ the oppressed‚ and the led. Like one of his famous quotes say “There is an underside to every age about which history does not often speak‚ because history is written from records left
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Outline of “Drawing the Color Line”‚ chapter 2 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States p. 23 “. . . that special racial feeling . . . that combination of inferior status and derogatory thought we call racism.” Zinn says we need to understand how racism started in order to see how it might end. Factors that led to U.S. slavery 24 a—“The Virginians needed labor”—to grow food & tobacco 25 b—“They couldn’t force Indians to work for them” c—“White servants
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ZINN‚ HOWARD CHAPTER 18 Questions and Answers 1) The Vietnamese complaints against the French both in the letters to President Truman and the 1945 Declaration of Independence‚ were based on the levying of unjust taxes‚ increasing the poverty of the rural populace‚ exploitation of mineral and forest resources‚ massive starvation‚ and imprisonment of those who would rebel or question their colonial power. In the long list of grievances against the French stated in the Vietnamese Declaration of
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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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In the article How Democratic Is America?‚ Howard Zinn‚ an idealist and liberal‚ spars against Sidney Hook‚ a pragmatic conservative about the current system of democracy set up in the United States. From the first concept of standards for America’s democracy‚ Zinn and Hook hold conflicting viewpoints. While Zinn believes that we should “measure our democracy against an ideal (if admittedly unachievable) standard”‚ Hook believes that “the only sensible procedure in determining the absence or presence
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Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States This book explains the history of America starting from 1492 until the present. The history is told from the common people’s point of view. During my presentation I summarized chapters six through ten. Chapter six was titled “The Intimately Oppressed” and it refers to the inequalities in the lives of women during and after the revolution. Even though African American women had it the hardest‚ he referred to more women such as Caucasian‚ Native
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damage their credit history. However‚ banks and credit institutions actually see them as the first step towards repaying a loan. It boosts an individual’s credit rating as soon as one files for chapter 13 bankruptcy because it proves their commitment to repaying the loan and securing their property.
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Mankiw – Chapter 13 SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS: Quick Quizzes 1. Farmer McDonald’s opportunity cost is $300‚ consisting of 10 hours of lessons at $20 an hour that he could have been earning plus $100 in seeds. His accountant would only count the explicit cost of the seeds ($100). If McDonald earns $200 from selling the crops‚ then McDonald earns a $100 accounting profit ($200 sales minus $100 cost of seeds) but makes an economic loss of $100 ($200 sales minus $300 opportunity cost). 2. Farmer
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Jenny Sawh Chapter 13 13-8‚ 13-11‚ 13-19 December 10‚ 2012 DR CR Salaries and Wages Expense $480‚ 000 Withholding Taxes Payable $80‚000 FICA Taxes Payable $28‚040 Union Dues Payable $9‚000 Cash [($480‚000 – $140‚000) X 7.65% = $26‚010] $362‚960 Payroll Tax Expense $29‚440 FICA Taxes Payable $140‚000 X 1.45% = $2‚030; $26‚010 + $2‚030 = $28‚040 $28‚040 FUTA Taxes Payable [($480‚000 – $410‚000) X .8%) $560 SUTA Taxes Payable [$70‚000 X (3.5% – 2.3%)]
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