Democratizing Twentieth Century America Homework - Due Wednesday, Jan 4

1 - Read the entire packet: Labor Democratizes America. Annotate and take notes. Notes will be graded on a four pt scale:


4 - includes all of the text's central ideas; mentions important people, institutions, governmental entities and events; includes statistical and numeric data; uses titles to distinguish different topics, titles reflect titles in handout; is neat and organized

3 - includes the text's central ideas; mentions important people, institutions, governmental entities and events; includes statistical and numeric data; uses titles to distinguish different topics; is neat and organized

2 - includes a list of information, but does not show any evidence of thought or attempt to summarize central ideas and themes; sloppy

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2 - Read Zinn Read Zinn 398-406

Indentify:

John Lewis

1. Discuss Louis Adamic's account of an early sit-down strike.

2. Discuss the expansion of sitdown strikes in 1936.

3. What does Zinn think about the Wagner Act? Provide evidence.

4. Discuss Zinn's feelings about the National Labor Relations Board.

5. Discuss the argument made by Cloward and Piven in the book Poor People's Movements.

6. How did WWII impact the Labor Movement?

7. How did the New Deal impact African Americans?