Friday, Feb 27

Good morning! Thanks to all of you for supporting the girls basketball team.

Today you will work on Key Terms - Chapter 15

ICYMI - Earl Lloyd, the first black player in NBA history, died Thursday - he was 86. He played in his first game in 1950 for the then Washington Capitols.

Today in History

1844

Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.

1951

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the President to two terms.

1991

Kuwait was liberated in the Gulf War.

Thursday, Feb 26

Good morning!!!

Come out to the County Center tonight at 8:15 and root the girls basketball to victory over Ossining in a Section 1 semifinal!!!!

Today we will be watching America - The Story of US - about the 1870's - 1890's

Today in History

1870

A 312-ft long pneumatic subway was opened in New York City; funding for a larger version never materialized.

1919

Grand Canyon National Park was established.

1935

RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.

1993

A bomb exploded at the World Trade Center in New York. The blast killed six people and injured more than 1,000.

Wednesday, Feb 25

Good morning!

Today we will finish the power point - it can be found on Feb 24's blog.

Today in History

1836

Samuel Colt patented the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.

1870

Hiram Revels became the first black United States senator, taking over the term of Jefferson Davis.

1901

J.P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel Corporation, the first billion-dollar corporation in the world.

1964

Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time by knocking out Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.

1983

Tennessee Williams, American playwright, died.

Tuesday, Feb 24

Good morning!!!

Quiz today on Chapter 13, followed by class discussion on the Plains and Progressives.Chapter 13 power point

Today in History

1803

The Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.

1821

Mexico declared its independence from Spain.

1868

Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, became the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him by the House of Representatives.

1903

The lease for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was signed. This is still the ONLY part of Cuba that the US controls.

1920

Adolf Hitler outlined the basic points of the Nazi party at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.

1980

The U.S. hockey team defeated Finland to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid Olympics.

Monday, Feb 23

Good morning!

You will need a textbook today - we will begin working on Settling the Great Plains/Culture Clash.

Today in History - THE TOOTSIE ROLL IS 119 YEARS OLD TODAY (1896)

1836

Mexican general Santa Anna began the siege of the Alamo.

1945

U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.

1997

Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.

2011

The Obama Administration determines that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

Friday, Feb 20

Good morning!

Today we will be discussing the positive changes within the African American community following Reconstruction and the desire of some to try to "turn back the clock" in the post-Reconstruction period.

Today in History

1792

President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.

1809

The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

1895

Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.

1962

John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

2003

A fire in a nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 and injured over 150.  ***Most of the dead were found piled up at the front door; it was the only door not blocked. Because it opened in, it could not be opened as people were overcome by the heat and smoke.****

Thursday, Feb 19

Good morning!

Today we will finish studying the Reconstruction period and enter the post-Reconstruction period and Big Business (1870's - 1880's).

Today in History

1674

The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passed to the English (and was renamed New York).

1807

Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.

1878

Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).

1942

President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.

1945

The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.

1968

The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS. It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2008

Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.

Thursday, February 12

Good morning!

Today is the 206th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth (1809). Also on this date the NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded (1909). Click here to learn more about the NAACP - History of NAACP and Civil Rights

We will be viewing The Civil War, looking at the portion that explains the Reconstruction period.Reconstruction - The 2nd Civil War

Here is a second video that you can view History.com - Reconstruction

Today in History

1733

Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at the site of Savannah.

1870

The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).

1909

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

1973

The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.

1999

The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

Wednesday, Feb 11

Good morning!

Chapter 12/13 Quiz today. When you are finished, please work on Chapter 12 Section 3 handout.

Today in History

1805

Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.

1809

Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.

1945

Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.

1990

South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.

2012

Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.

Tuesday, February 10

Good morning!  I will be quizzing you tomorrow on Ch 12/13 terms and Ch 12 Sec 1 & 2. Here is the link to the power point

Today in History

1763

Treaty of Paris signed, ending the French and Indian War. France ceded Canada and all its North American territories east of the Mississippi to Great Britain.

1942

Glenn Miller received the first ever gold record for selling a million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo."  Chatanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller

1962

The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.

1967

The 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.

1996

IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.

2005

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.3

Thursday, February 5

Good morning!

We will look at the events in Post-War America following the Civil War (Reconstruction Era)

Today in History:

1811

After George III was declared insane, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later George IV.

1917

Congress passed the Immigration Act, which restricted Asian immigration, over President Wilson's veto.

1917

Mexico adopted its present constitution.

1937

FDR proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices—"packing" the court.

1990 - Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama became

 the first African American named president of the Harvard Law Review.

1994

Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.

Wednesday, Feb 4

Good morning!  We will be working on Chapter 12 and 13 Key Terms.

This date in History:

1783

England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.

1787

Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.

1789

George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States.

1861

Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.

1945

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference.

2003

The country of Yugoslavia disappeared, to be replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.

2004

The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that gays had the right to marry.

Tuesday, Feb 3

Good morning!!!!

There will be a guidance presentation today for 11th grade social studies classes.

IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON FRIDAY, please pick up the Chapter 12 Key Terms handout on my desk.

Today in History

1870

The 15th Amendment (black suffrage) passed.

1913

The 16th Amendment, establishing federal income tax, was ratified.

1917

The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.

1959

Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash. Listen to American Pie - American Pie

1995

Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.

1998

Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984.