Thursday, Dec 18

Good morning!

Reports are that the US and Cuba will renew their friendship after 53 years - US - Cuba policy change

NY State decided on 3 upstate casinos yesterday AND has decided to ban fracking. These are two major stories economically.

Today in History

1787

New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1865

Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

1944

The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.

1957

The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.

2000

George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.

Wednesday, December 17

Good morning!! We will continue to watch Part 1 of Gone With the Wind. I am glad so many of you are finding it interesting.  Here is a You tube clip of it's premier 75 years ago this week - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Ga

Here is an article on the RACISM against the BLACK stars of the film - Black Stars cannot attend Atlanta Premiere of Gone With the Wind due to Jim Crow laws

25 Years ago today, The Simpsons began on Fox.

Today in History

1777

France recognized American independence.

1903

Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in a heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

1944

The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of holding Japanese-Americans in internment camps, allowing "evacuees" to return home.

1969

The U.S. Air Force ended its "Project Blue Book" and concluded that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial activity behind UFO sightings.

1992

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed by U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Tuesday, Dec 16

Good morning!

We will begin viewing Gone with the Wind today. It is an American classic!

Today in History -
1773   To protest the tax on tea from England, a group of young Americans, disguised as Indians, throw chests of tea from British ships in Boston Harbor. 
1835   A fire in New York City destroys property estimated to be worth $20,000,000. It lasts two days, ravages 17 blocks, and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, Merchants' Exchange, Post Office, and the South Dutch Church.
1863   Confederate General Joseph Johnston takes command of the Army of Tennessee. 
1864   Union forces under General George H. Thomas win the battle at Nashville, smashing an entire Confederate army
1950  President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea. 
1978   Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression. 
1998   The United States launches a missile attack on Iraq for failing to comply with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Monday, December 15

Good morning!

75 years ago TODAY, the movie "Gone with the Wind" opened in theatres. (You will some of it this week in class)

Today we will examine the impact of: a) the new technology (telegraph, steel plow, railroads), b) Westward Movement (trails, Mexican-American War, Gold Rush).

Today in History:

1791

The Bill of Rights took effect with Virginia's ratification of it.

1890

Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull was killed by Native American police.

1939

The movie Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.

1944

Band leader Glenn Miller disappeared in a plane crash over the English Channel.

1961

Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for organizing the deportation of Jews to concentration camps.

1966

Animated-cartoon pioneer and movie producer Walt Disney died in Los Angeles.

Friday, December 12

Good morning!

Today we will view - America, The Story of US and examine the Westward Expansion.

Today in History

1753		George Washington, the adjutant of Virginia, delivers an ultimatum to the French forces at Fort Le Boeuf, south of Lake Erie, reiterating Britain's claim to the entire Ohio River valley.
1770		The British soldiers responsible for the "Boston Massacre" are acquitted on murder charges.
1862		The Union loses its first ship to a torpedo, USS Cairo, in the Yazoo River.
1863		Orders are given in Richmond, Virginia, that no more supplies from the Union should be received by Federal prisoners.
1901		Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio transmission in St. John's Newfoundland.
1927		Communists forces seize Canton, China.
1930		The Spanish Civil War begins as rebels take a border town.
1930		The last Allied troops withdraw from the Saar region in Germany.
1931		Under pressure from the Communists in Canton, Chiang Kai-shek resigns as president of the Nanking Government but remains the head of the Nationalist government that holds nominal rule over most of China.
1943		The German Army launches Operation Winter Tempest, the relief of the Sixth Army trapped in Stalingrad.
1943		The exiled Czech government signs a treaty with the Soviet Union for postwar cooperation.
1956		The United Nations calls for immediate Soviet withdrawal from Hungary.
1964		Kenya becomes a republic.
1964		Three Buddhist leaders begin a hunger strike to protest the government in Saigon.
1967		The United States ends the airlift of 6,500 men in Vietnam.
1991		The Russian Federation becomes independent from the USSR.
1995		Willie Brown beats incumbent mayor Frank Jordon to become the first African-American mayor of San Francisco.
2000		The US Supreme Court announces its decision in Bush v. Gore, effectively ending legal changes to the results of that year's Presidential election.

- See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.kcMdQz6D.dpuf

Thursday, December 11

Good morning!!!

Quiz today on Chapter 9.   Here is the Chapter 9 power point link - XXXXXXXX

Today in History - Centerfielder Joe DiMaggio retired from the NY Yankees on this date in 1951.

1816

Indiana became the 19th state.

1844

Nitrous oxide was used for the first time in dentistry.

1941

Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

1946

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.

Wednesday, Dec 10

Good morning!

The two top national headlines this morning -

Political Divide Remains on C.I.A. Torture and
Congressional Leaders Reach Deal on Spending

Today  in History:

1817

Mississippi became the 20th state in the United States.

1869

The territory of Wyoming authorized women to vote and hold office.

1950

Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first black to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.

1964

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize.

2004

A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam, the first one to do so since the Vietnam War ended nearly three decades earlier.

Tuesday, Dec 9

Good morning!

We will be looking at Civil Disobedience today, relating to Thoreau, Emerson and the present day.

Here are two examples Vernon Johns story   and Garner protests close West Side Highway 

Homework - Identify an issue that is important to you and describe ways that you could garner attention for it through Civil Disobedience.

Today in History

1941

China declared war against Japan, Germany, and Italy.

1958

The anti-Communist John Birch Society was formed.

1965

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" premiered.

Monday, Dec 8

Good morning! Today we will look at Immigration patterns during the 1830's and 1840's and examine further Dorothea Dix's role in assisting the Mentally Ill.

Today in History -

1886

The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.

1941

Congress declared war on Japan and the U.S. entered World War II.

1980

John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan.

1987

President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.

1993

President Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.

Friday, December 5th

Good morning!

As several of you requested, here is a power point on Education reform, abolition movement and suffrage - Education, Abolition and Suffrage

Today in History -

1791

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.

1848

President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.

1933

The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.

1955

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.

Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!!! 

Thursday, December 4

Good morning!

Quiz today - Section 1 (again!!!!) and Section 3/4.

Today in History

1783

George Washington delivered his farewell address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.

1816

James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by electors) the fifth president of the United States.

1875

William Marcy "Boss" Tweed of New York's Tammany Hall escaped from jail and fled the country.

1945

The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.

1978

Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.

1991

Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is released after seven years as a hostage in Lebanon.

Wednesday, December 3

Good morning!

Quiz today on Chapter 8, Section 1. Here is a link that tells you a little more about Horace Mann and education reform - Horace Mann.  Homework - Complete handout on Chapter 8 S3 and S4.

Today in History -

1818

Illinois became the 21st state in the United States.

1833

Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coed institution of higher learning in the U.S.

1967

Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard performed the world's first successful human heart transplant.

1984

A cloud of deadly poison gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing over 4,000 people.

Tuesday, December 2

Good morning!

Please give me your Chapter 8 Section 1 and 2 handout, if you didn't yesterday. We will be looking at how Andrew Jackson's enfranchisement of the "common people" helped bring about reform through religion within slavery and abolition.

Today in History -

1823

President James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.

1859

Abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry.

1954

The Senate voted to condemn Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

1982

Barney B. Clark became the first person to receive an artificial heart in a transplant operation.

1988

Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head an Muslim nation.

Monday, December 1

Good morning!!

59 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move her seat on a Montgomery, Ala bus. This set in motion a 26-year-old pastor, Martin Luther King, Jr to lead protests and the rest is history......Rosa Parks

Today in History - (We will be looking at the first one below today!)

1824

The presidential election between John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, and Henry Clay was turned over to the House of Representatives due to the lack of an electoral-vote majority.

1959

Twelve nations, including the United States, signed a treaty setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve free from military activity.

1997

Representatives from more than 150 countries gathered at a global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan, and over the course of ten days forged an agreement to control the emission of greenhouse gases. President Bush pulled the U.S. out of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.

1998

Exxon and Mobil agreed to merge, creating the world's largest corporation.