In his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn cites examples from US colonial history of the gap between rich and poor in colonial life.
A key study cited by Zinn examined tax registers from Boston, showing that the top 1% of the population held 25% of the wealth in 1687, and that by 1770, the top 1% of property owners in Boston owned 44% of the wealth. The study also noted that the bulk of Boston's population were not property owners. The percentage of adult males in Boston who owned no property doubled between 1687 and 1770 (from 14% to 29%).
Zinn cited additional items, regarding overcrowding of poorhouses (giving a notable example from New York) and a general increase throughout the colonies of the "wandering poor" who had no real means of support. He also cited examples of workers' strikes against employers in the colonies because of low wages.
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- Hitler tried it. How far did he get? Hitler never got to Moscow let alone further inland. Russia offers the following problems.
- It has a vast area to conquer.
- It has a good working industrial base. During WWII, Russia had that Industrial Base up and running. The problem from their point of view was that America's was better. I don't think that that's true now.
- Russia has an adequate army, air force and navy. Hitler relied on Blitzkrieg (which he thought he could conquer Russia quickly. It didn't turn out that way). which simply would not work on the Russian terrain. Many of Hitler's soldiers froze to death because he could not supply them with winter clothing. It would be that much harder now.
Answer: don't try it. It is better to wage economic war, but that seems like a poor idea to me. Russia's currency is in pretty good shape. Can you say the same about the American dollar?
Answer: It ended the Reconstruction era, which gave black political power and civil rights
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1. a) Amendment 8 - Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.
2. d) A system in which each branch can limit powers of the other branches.
3. a) Supremacy Clause
4. c) The winner of the popular vote could lose the election.
5. c) Expressed powers are written in the Constitution, implied powers are not.
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1. The 8th Amendment safeguards a person against "cruel and unusual penalties," such as high bail or fines.
2. Checks and balances were put in place so that no one part of the government could have too much power.
3. According to federal supremacy principles, the federal or US Constitution is the most important source of law, and state constitutions cannot override it.
4. Five presidents of the United States have served in office without winning the popular vote.
5. "Expressed powers" are those that are written out in the Constitution, while "implied powers" are those that can be figured out from what is written.
The correct answer is A
<u>The social structure in Latin America was divided as follows (ordered from the most powerful to the less powerful social classes)</u>
- The peninsulares that were Spanish people born back in Spain.
- The creoles who were descendants of the Spanish people who were already born in America.
- Mestizos were constituted by people who were born from parents who were a mixture between Spanish and native American, one parent from each origin.
- Native American Indians
- Enslaved population who were brought from Africa and also from the Caribbean.
