The Other Civil War: Howard Zinn
Directions: Completely answer the following questions using the “The Other Civil War” essay. Type your answers using complete sentences. Open the Word document link and type your answers after each question. Save the file to your computer and submit the file to turnitin.com. Use a standard 12 point font (calibiri or cambria). Your assignment is not turned in until you receive a receipt email from turnitin.com. Technology is the responsibility of the student.
1. What role did the national and state governments play in the creation of monopolies?
2. Define “working-class consciousness.”
3. Between 1830 and 1835, what were the different forms through which working people showed their opposition to their political and economic position?
4. How and why did the Civil War effectively end the growing division between capital and labor?
5. How did each of the following acts benefit northern business (manufacturing, wage labor) over southern business interests (agrarian, slave labor)? a) Morrill Tariff (1861) b) Homestead Act (1862) c) Contract Labor Law (1864)
6. What types of work opened up to women as a result of the Civil War?
7. Why did the men of the National Labor Union vote to allow women and African-Americans to join in
1869?
8. What evidence does the author present that economic crisis made workers adopt more radical means than during times of economic stability?
9. What does the author mean by “The Other Civil War”?
10. Write a complete thesis paragraph addressing the following prompt:
“Owners and government policy were not solely responsible for the violence that erupted surrounding labor disputes.” Support, modify, or refute this statement with evidence from the time period.