The building of the United States
1. How is it clear that women were oppressed? Zinn says, for example, that women were always oppressed. But then he says that the move to an economy where women were pressured to work brought about oppression. Does this mean that women were not truly oppressed prior to this change? 2. Women during the early history of the nation shared very complex lives. Choose at least two areas of the daily life shared by a poor white female and a rich white female during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Compare and contrast the daily lives of these women using the two areas chosen. Use textual evidence in your analysis. 3. What is the major theme in chapter 7? 4. Who was Andrew Jackson? How did he become an influential player on the American stage of politics? 5. How is the Seminole’s experience with the United States different from that of the Cherokee? How was it the same? Write a brief comparison of the two tribe’s conflict with the United States. Use examples from the text to strengthen your claims. 6. One of the main ideas from Chapter 8 is the lack of support and enthusiasm for the conquest of Mexico by the United States. List two pieces of textual evidence that support the main idea above. 7. Using the powerpoint. the business of Slavery, , explain how the economy of slavery contributed to the building of the nation.