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Part 1:
Question 1) Who are the robber barons Zinn discusses, and why are they described this way?
Question 2) How does Zinn describe American empire building in the chapter?
Question 3) What does he say about the roles of capitalism and nationalism in empire building?
Question 4) How does Zinn discuss the significance of labor unions?
Question 5) What does he say about the I.W.W.?
Part 2:
Question 1) What does Zinn say about the reasons President Wilson enters the U.S. into World War I?
Question 2) What does Zinn say about the problematic use of the Espionage Act in this period?
Question 3) What does Zinn say about the Great Depression and the problems of capitalism?
Question 4) What does Zinn say about American economic interests and World War II?
Question 5) What does Zinn say about the internment of Japanese American citizens during the war? How does he connect this to a larger discussion of American racism in this period?