6.6.17 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1833 - Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. president to ride in a train. It was a B&O passenger train. 1924 - The German Reichtag accepted the Dawes Plan. It was anAmerican plan to help Germany pay off its war debts. 1925 - Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler. 1934 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act, which established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 1942 - Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway. The battle had begun on June 4. 1944 - The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 1966 – Civil Rights leader James Meredith is shot & wounded during his March Against Fear. 1985 - The body of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele was located and exhumed near Sao Paolo, Brazil. 1968 - U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. BELL WORK: PICK-UP YOUR TEXTBOOK & CH. 23 GUIDED TOUR. BEGIN WORKING ON GUIDED READING TOUR QUESTIONS. AGENDA: WORK ON CH. 23 GUIDED READING QUESTIONS. DISCUSSIONON 1960s/1970s MOVEMENTS. HOMEWORK: WORK ON: CH. 23 GUIDED READING QUESTIONS FINAL EXAM REVIEW. BRING IN TEXTBOOKS.
Brown Power/Latino Americans Compare & contrast Cesar Chavez & MLK. F:\us history pp\chapter 23 pp\Cesar Chavez - YouTube.flv
Native Americans-AIM What was AIM & what did it want?
The Feminist Movement What did feminists want? F:\us history pp\chapter 23 pp\The Feminist Movement A History in Pictures - YouTube.flv Who were some of the leading feminists? F:\us history pp\chapter 23 pp\Betty_Friedan.wmv Why did some people disagree with the movement?
The Hippies & Counterculture Movement Who were the Hippies & what did they want to do? F:\us history pp\chapter 23 pp\Haight Ashbury The Beat of a Generation 2012 Trailer - YouTube.flv What was Woodstock? https://youtu.be/StFhvAIv3Js
The 1970s/Nixon/Watergate https://youtu.be/9rLMhQNPQhw What was Watergate? How did the Watergate scandal effect Nixon & the country? F:\us history pp\chapter 24 pp\Watergate.wmv