A+People's+History

=**Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States (online text)** =

Howard Zinn's //A People's History of the United States// ([|Electronic Version] )

= = =The Empire and It's People: Reading Questions=

** Howard Zinn’s 20th Century  ** ** Chapter 1: The Empire and The People ** 1. What does the opening quotation by Teddy Roosevelt mean? “In strict confidence…I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one.” 2. Look up the massacre at Wounded Knee online (stay away from Wikipedia). Briefly state what happened during this event. In addition, what is the relationship between Wounded Knee and the Spanish American War? 3. What was the Monroe Doctrine? How did it justify intervention in Latin America? How did the notion of “race” become entangled in this ideology? 4. What are the economic causes of empire building? 5. What do American actions immediately after the war state about the reasons for America’s entry in the ‘Splendid Little War.’ 6. What was the Teller Amendment and why was the United States able to circumvent its provisions after the war was over? In other words, why was the Platt Amendment passed? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">7. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What did the United States gain as a result of the Treaty of Paris (1898), the treaty ending the war? What was controversial about this treaty? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">8. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why were so many African Americans opposed to the Philippine war? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">9. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What does McKinley decide about the Philippine Islands? How does he come to this decision? What other reasons (such as Albert Beveridge) are given? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">10. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why do you believe there was so much public opposition for the war in the Philippines, but very little for the war with Cuba?
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Directions: For all reading assignments, you MUST annotate and write notes in the margins. Use full sentences to answer the questions below.  **