Thursday, March 31st

Good morning!

We will continue to work on the Power Point from Monday, March 30th and questions provided.

Current Events
N. Rockland's Manny Lopez and 7 other county residents to be remembered for their sacrifices

Melting ice sheet could flood coastal cities by 2100

More prison transfers from Gitmo

Today in History

1492

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain expelled Jews who would not accept Christianity.

1889

The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.

1917

The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands.

1918

Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States.

1959

The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese repression of an uprising in Tibet, arrived at the Indian border and was granted political asylum.

1968

President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election.

1995

Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, is shot by the president of her fan club in Corpus Christi, Texas.

1995

Major League Baseball players agreed to end the sport’s longest strike in history after a judge ordered a preliminary injunction against team owners.

Wednesday, March 30

Good morning! Welcome Back! I hope you had an enjoyable vacation

Today we will begin to explore the US following the Spanish-American War at the end of the 1800's and how the US began to grow at the beginning of the 20th century.

REMINDER - I handed out the US History Regents Review packet last week. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to work on that between now and June 1st.

Life at the beginning of the 20th century power point

Incredible pictures of construction workers cheating death in NYC in early 1900's - Daily Mail

Homework - Using 3 of the 5 links below; write a 2 paragraph essay about what life (dangers/advantages) was like in the early 1900's compared to the Reconstruction period.

Coney Island in 1918

Haverstraw to Newburgh along the Hudson, 1903

Early Immigrants of the 1900's on Ellis Island

Trolley Ride from Broadway to Union Station, early 1900's

Building NYC Skyscrapers

Current Events
Thurgood Marshall's Civil Rights work in Rockland recalled

Gabby Cajou - Rockland Player of the Year

Apple looking to learn how US Gov't broke thru the Iphone

How does NYC get its' water? NY Times takes a look

Today in History

1842

Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.

1867

A treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million, approximately two cents an acre, was submitted to the U.S. Senate.

1870

The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.

1964

The game show Jeopardy debuted on television.

1981

President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington hotel.

Tuesday, March 22

Good morning!

Today we will - work on Key Terms from Ch 21 and 22. (They are due on Wednesday, March 30th)

Current Events

Explosions at Brussels airport and train station; at least 26 dead. (Updated at 7:44 a.m.)

US may not need Apple's help to unlock iphone


Primaries today in Arizona, Utah and Wyoming

Cashless tolls to begin on TZB on April 23

Landmark Suffern hotel to be demolished.

Today in History

1765

The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.

1820

U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.

1894

The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.

1895

Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.

1972

Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.

1997

Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.

Monday, March 21

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view - America - Story of US - Boom

Yesterday was the annual Rockland County St. Patrick's Day Parade - Did you know it wasn't always held in Pearl River???? It used to be held in Haverstraw - 50 years ago - St Patrick's Parade in .....Haverstraw

Current Events
President Obama and the First Family are in Cuba today - the first time an American President has been in Cuba in almost 90 years!     NY Times article on Pres. Obama in Cuba

Today in History

1556

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was burned at the stake as a heretic.

1804

The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was officially put forth.

1871

Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.

1960

Police fired on demonstrators in Sharpeville, South Africa, after which the African National Congress was banned. 25 years later, a march marking the anniversary was also disrupted by police fire.

1963

Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed.

1965

Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

2010

The House of Representatives passes a bill that will overhaul the American health-care system. The bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will be sent to President Obama to sign into law. (This is the official name of "Obamacare."

Friday, March 18

Good morning!

Today we will view America - Story of US - Boom

Current Events

ICYMI - FBI conducts raids throughout Ramapo

What happens next in filling the open seat on the Supreme Court?

Today in History

1521

Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.

1850

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter was published.

1926

The first liquid-fuel rocket was successfully launched by Prof. Robert Goddard at Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket traveled 184 feet in 2.5 seconds.

1935

Adolf Hitler cancelled the military clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.

1968

The My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam.

1985

U.S. journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut; he was not released until December 4, 1991 after 2454 days in captivity.

1988

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their role in the Iran-contra affair.

Wednesday, March 16

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 17/18.

NOTICE - SEVERAL OF YOU have said you will be going away Friday OR Monday through next week. I have put work on the heater (by the windows) for you. IN ADDITION, BE SURE to look at the BLOG on the days we are in school to see what you are responsible for.

Current Events
Trump takes 4 states;  Kasich wins Ohio, Rubio drops out

Clinton soothes the Bern; wins 4 states

NFL shifts its view on concussions

Today in History

1912

Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts.

1930

Mohandas Gandhi began his 200-mile march to protest the British salt tax.

1933

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide "fireside chats" on radio.

1938

"Anschluss" took place when Hitler incorporated his homeland of Austria into the Third Reich.

1947

President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to aid in the containment of Communism.

1993

Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female attorney general of the United States.

1994

The Church of England ordained women priests for the first time in 460 years.

2002

The color-coded terror alert system was unveiled by Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge.

Tuesday, March 15

Good morning!

Be ware the ides of March!!! (The ides of March is a day on the Roman calendar that corresponds to March 15th.. It was marked by several religious observances and became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC

We will continue to study the end of the 1800's (Spanish American War; American imperialism)/
Current Events

Brink's scholarships available; deadline April 15th

5 states holding primaries today

Today in History

44 B.C.

On the “Ides of March,” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius, and Marcus Junius Brutus.

1493

Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first visit to the Western Hemisphere.

1820

Maine became the 23rd state.

1937

The first hospital blood bank in the United States was established, in Chicago, at Cook County Hospital.

1965

President Lyndon Johnson asked Congress for legislation guaranteeing every American the right to vote.

2004

Scientists reported the discovery of Sedna, the most distant object in the solar system.

Monday, March 14

Good morning!

Happy Pi Day! (3.14)

Today we will examine a power point on American imperialism during late 1800's, early 1900's
American Imperialism

HOMEWORK - Read 552-557 and answer #4 AND look over remainder of the power point slides.

Current Events
ICYMI - N. Rockland sets Distance Medley National Record on Saturday

Ohio looms large in both parties primaries tomorrow

Today in History

1743

The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall.

1794

The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney.

1950

The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list made its debut.

1964

Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

1990

The Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-created and powerful position of president.

Thursday, March 10

Good morning!

Today we will finish viewing America - Story of US - Cities and begin working on Ch 18.

Current Events
Corruption probes continue in Rockland; indictments expected to be announced next week

5 killed, 3 injured at back-yard B-B-Q shooting near Pittsburgh

Elevated lead levels found in water at Newark, NJ schools

Today in History

1785

Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France.

1848

Congress ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War.

1864

U. S. Grant became commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.

1876

The first telephone call ("Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.") was made by Alexander Graham Bell.

1969

James Earl Ray was sentenced in Memphis, Tennessee, to 99 years in prison for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., in April 1968.

Wednesday, March 9

Good morning!

Today we will view America - Story of US - Cities

Current Events
Missing Spring Valley girl found in NYC

Michigan "Feels the Bern"; Trump wins 3 of 4

George Martin, producer of Beatles albums, passes away at 90

Know someone who wants to be a Boulder? Tryouts April 8th
Today in History

1796

Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais, widow of a former French officer executed during the revolution.

1841

The Supreme Court ruled that the Amistad slaves were free.

1862

The first battle between two ironclad ships, the Monitor (Union) and Merrimack (Confederate) occurred, revolutionizing naval warfare.

1933

The special session of Congress known as the "100 days" opened, launching FDR's New Deal.

1964

U.S. Supreme Court issued N.Y. Times v. Sullivan ruling.

1990

Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as both the first Hispanic and woman to be U.S. surgeon general.

Tuesday, March 8

Good morning!

Today we will continue to examine life in the cities in the late 1800's. (Period 2 - you have a quiz)

Homework - Complete the reading/questions on W.E.B. DuBois (handout)

Current Events
4 more state primaries today; the big one is Michigan

Solar eclipse to begin on March 9th and end on March 8th - I'm not kidding!

10-year-old Spring Valley girl goes missing from her bus stop yesterday - still no sign of her.

Today in History

1782

A peaceful settlement of Delaware Indians were massacred by militia at Gnadenhutten in Ohio.

1917

Russia's February Revolution, which eventually led to the overthrow the Czarist government, began.

1948

The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.

1950

The Soviet Union claimed to be in possession of the atomic bomb.

1965

First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.

1983

President Reagan called the USSR an "Evil Empire."

1999

Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died.

Monday, March 7

Good morning!

If you are filling out COLLEGE applications - please read this opinion article from Sunday's NY Times Hidden Gold in college applications

Power point for today's class - Jim Crow in Post-Reconstruction era

Current Events
Nancy Reagan passed away yesterday at the age of 94."An influential First Lady"

Habitat for Humanity builds home in Haverstraw

Today in History

1850

Daniel Webster gave a three-hour speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850.

1876

Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

1936

Adolf Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact when he ordered troops to march into the Rhineland.

1945

During World War II, U.S. troops crossed the bridge at Remagen, the first incursion into Germany by Allied forces.

1965

Peaceful civil rights demonstrators marching from Selma, Ala., are brutally attacked with billy clubs and tear gas by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The event is later called “Bloody Sunday.”

Friday, March 4

Good morning!!

Today we will continue to study Urbanization of the US in the late 1800's

Here is a power point that demonstrates much of what we discussed in class Mr Hollinger's Power Point - Urbanization

Current Events 
Thinking of moving to Canada if Clinton or Trump win? You are not alone!!!

Who won last night's debate? Maybe no one!

Today in History

1789

The Constitution of the United States went into effect.

1791

Vermont became the 14th state in the United States.

1861

Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president.

1917

Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

1933

Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, became first woman to serve in the Cabinet.

1994

Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.

1999

Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died in Arlington, Va., at age 90.

Thursday, March 3

This is a real picture - taken on a beach at St. Maarten's. Can you imagine?Takeoffs/Landings at St. Maarten

Good morning!!!

Today we will begin working on the Progressive era.

Republican Debate tonight at 9 PM on Fox News. (4 candidates left - Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich).

Current Events
World Trade Center hub to open today

Today in History

1845

Florida became the 27th state in the United States.

1845

The U.S. Senate passed legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time.

1879

Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman lawyer to be admitted to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States

1931

The "Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem.

1991

Rodney King's vicious beating by Los Angeles police officers was caught on videotape.

2003

New embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania, to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.

Tuesday, March 1

Good morning!!

Today is "Super Tuesday," so-called for the number of states holding Republican and/or Democratic primary elections for President of the US

We will finish up "Gangs of NY" and begin to explore the Progressive era.

Current Events
President Obama and GOP members to meet about Supreme Court

Apple wins NY ruling in iphone hearing

Today in History

1790

The U.S. Congress authorized the first census.

1803

Ohio became the 17th state in the United States.

1864

Rebecca Lee was the first black woman awarded a medical degree.

1867

Nebraska became the 37th state in the United States.

1872

Yellowstone became the world's first National Park.

1932

The 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped.

1961

President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

1981

IRA member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike in Maze Prison; he would die 65 days later.