Thursday, Dec 7

Good morning!

Today we will begin to discuss the film "Glory." Your answers to the worksheet are due today.

Underground Railroad - Gateway to Freedom - History.com

Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

Current Events

Rocklanders slam cashless tolling at meeting in county - LoHud

How the attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago today shaped America's role in the world - THR

California fires enter the heart of Los Angeles - NYT

Today in History

• 1787

  Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

• 1917

  The U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.

• 1941

  The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

• 1972

  America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.

• 1975

  Indonesia invaded East Timor, leading to a 25-year occupation.

• 1988

  A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Armenia, killing 25,000.

• 2001

  Taliban forces fled from Kandahar, their last stronghold in Afghanistan.

• 2002

  Iraq formally declared to the UN that it had no weapons of mass destruction.

• 2004

  Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.