3. 22. 16. U. S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1765 - The Stamp Act was passed 3.22.16 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1765 - The Stamp Act was passed. It was the first direct British tax on the American colonists. 1794 - The U.S. Congress banned U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries. 1882 - The U.S. Congress outlawed polygamy. 1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought. 1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill legalizing the sale and possession of beer and wine. 1946 - The first U.S. built rocket to leave the earth's atmosphere reached a height of 50-miles. 1954 - The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan. 1965 - U.S. confirmed that its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong. 1980 - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was founded by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco. AGENDA: FINISH FILL-IN THE BLANK NOTES: AMERICA IN THE 1950s COMPLETE POP CULTURE DBQ. HOMEWORK: VOCAB QUIZ WEDNESDAY. TEST & BINDERS DUE THURSDAY. WORK ON NOTES & VOCABULARY. BELL WORK: READ POPULAR CULTURE. IN YOUR BELL WORK SECTION, ANSWER QUESTIONS #1-3.