Assignment #2: Due TUESDAY SEPT 14th

Due Date: Sept 14th (TUESDAY)
Click here, and download the following excerpt from "A People's History of the United States." . In order to download the document, you will have to "right click" and "save link as."

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After downloading the document and reading it, answer the following questions. Please answer each question in a thoughtful paragraph, and use "complete sentences."

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 Morison’s book,
Christopher Columbus, Mariner?
4. What major issues does Bartolome de las Casas bring up regarding Spanish expeditions in the Caribbean?
5. Identify one early and one subsequent motive that drove Columbus to oppress indigenous peoples.
6. What was the ultimate fate of the Arawak Indians?
7. Write down the five most important things Zinn says about Columbus (include page numbers). Write down the two most important things Zinn says about the writing of history.