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Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States

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1: Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress
Columbus wrote this about the ara...,
Upon arrival to the americas colu...,
The arawaks resided on which isla...
33  cards
2: Drawing the Color Line
Edmund morgan writes that while t...,
Local african slavery was closer ...,
How many blacks had been transpor...
10  cards
3: Persons of Mean and Vile Condition
Nathaniel bacon s rebellion of ja...,
England was ripping off the virgi...,
Richard lee a member of the gover...
33  cards
4: Tyranny is Tyranny
By 1760 there had been 18 uprisin...,
The british had declared indian l...,
England looked to the colonies to...
17  cards
5: A Kind of Revolution
True or false general enthusiasm ...,
Which demographic was first exclu...,
According to zinn what is an effe...
25  cards
6: The Intimately Oppressed
In preindustrial america the prac...,
What controls became necessary as...,
True or false women were not expe...
16  cards
7: As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
Fill in the blanks george washing...,
Indian removal was necessary for ...,
Future president andrew jackson w...
26  cards
8: We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
Texas broke off from mexico in th...,
John o sullivan editor of the dem...,
True or false mexico was the aggr...
10  cards
9: Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
Fill in the blank in 1790 1 000 t...,
Fill in the blank with slavery ab...,
In which year did slave importati...
40  cards
10: The Other Civil War
The anti renter movement in the h...,
The rensselaer family ruled over ...,
Rebellion leaders and organizers ...
68  cards
11: Robber Barons and Rebels
Before the civil war it took 61 h...,
Name 5 innovations that became wi...,
What drove some of the population...
46  cards
12: The Empire and the People
About whom did philosopher willia...,
Describe open door policy,
Some in the us felt like they had...
16  cards
13: The Socialist Challenge
Taylorism is a mechanized form of...,
146 women burned to death at the ...,
True or false the afl american fe...
15  cards
14: War is the Health of the State
British and american governments ...,
Woodrow wilson 1914 supported the...,
What was the result of jp morgan ...
11  cards
15: Self-help in Hard Times
The general strike in 1919 seattl...,
What did women get in 1920,
Who primarily gained from the inc...
23  cards
16: A People's War?
True or false when a resolution w...,
Did the us provide aid to spain w...,
True or false hitler s attacks on...
34  cards
17: Or Does it Explode?
Name the driving force behind the...,
In 1965 ten years after the supre...,
What event set off the black rebe...
15  cards
18: The Impossible Victory: Vietnam
This political leader led his cou...,
The us was financing 80 of this w...,
What did the french do in vietnam...
17  cards
19: Surprises
What year was roe v wade decided ...,
This revolutionary wrote the book...,
The killing of george jackson was...
10  cards
20: The Seventies: Under Control?
Top democratic and republican lea...,
One of gerald ford s first acts a...,
Why was the ford administration e...
17  cards

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