Wednesday, March 11

Good morning!

Quiz today on Chapter 15

Here are some links we will watch in class OR you can watch on your own time about the late 1800's - early 1900's

Building of Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn Bridge

Up the Hudson (1903) trip along Hudson River from Haverstraw Bay to Newbugh - Haverstraw to Newbugh, 1903

Oldest films of NYC - NYC in early 1900's

Elevated trains in NYC - NYC "El" and Old Penn Station

Today in History

1861

The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.

1888

A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.

1930

William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

1941

President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill.

1942

General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."

1993

Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.

2004

Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.

2011

Japan is hit by an enormous earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.