Assignment Help| How were Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson’s Indian policy the same

1. How were Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson’s Indian policy the same, and why does Zinn emphasize that sameness?
2. “As long as the grass grows or water runs” is a quote from whom?
3. According the Zinn, the War of 1812 was really about what?
4. Briefly explain the Supreme Court’s decision in Worchester vs. Georgia.
5. Briefly describe the “Trail of Tears.”

Chapter 8 –

1. “We take nothing by conquest, thank God” is a quote from what source?  Why does Zinn use it as the title of this chapter?
2. What is “Manifest Destiny?”
3. Which groups stood against Manifest Destiny?  Why?
4. Which groups championed Manifest Destiny?  Why?
5. What role did newspapers play in the Mexican War?

Chapter 9 –

1. Why does Zinn believe that for leaders a Civil War was preferable to rebellion and revolution?
2. What is Zinn’s criticism of cliometricians such as Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman?
3. Who was J.W. Loguen and what was his response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
4. How does Zinn describe Abraham Lincoln’s actions regarding the issue of slavery?
5. According to Zinn, what did Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation attempt to accomplish?