3.4.19 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1783 - Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America. 1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. 1861 - Delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, AL, to form the Confederate States of America. 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur. 1945 - During World War II, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany's defeat. 1964 - The Administrator of General Services announced that the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had been ratified. The amendment banned the poll tax. 1985 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan's defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the "Star Wars" research program. 1995- Lt. Col. Matt Urban (The Ghost), WWII’s most decorated soldier, dies. BELL WORK: # PICK-UP THE COLD WAR HEATS UP. COMPLETE ACTIVE READING: 1. READ PASSAGE. 2. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES. 3. CIRCLE UNFAMILIAR INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES. 4. ASK QUESTIONS IN MARGINS, SPACE BELOW OR BACK ABOUT CIRCLED ITEMS. AGENDA: (24:40) DISCUSS THE KOREAN WAR. COMPLETE & DISCUSS U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE KOREAN WAR ACTIVITY 6.2. COMPLETE EXIT TICKET. HOMEWORK: VIDEO 6.3 & CORNELL NOTES. UNIT 6 VOCABULARY
Exit Ticket/Objective 6.2 Assessment At the end of WWII (1)_____, one of America’s allies during the war, becomes a communist nation. The new communist government was led by (2)______. The result of the Chinese Civil War was the first example of the failure of the American policy of (3)_____. After WWII Korea was split along the (4)_____. The North was controlled by the (5)_____ while the South was democratic and backed by (6)_____.
Exit Ticket/Objective 6.2 Assessment The Korean War began in (7)_____ when North Korea attacked South Korea. The U.S. joined 16 other U.N. nations in support of South Korea and placed U.S. General (8)_____ in command. After several public disputes, President (9)_____ makes the decision to fire MacArthur. Despite the length of the war and the large loss of life the Korean War today is often referred to as the (10)_____.
Exit Ticket/Objective 6.2 Assessment Based on what you have learned, was America’s decision to support South Korea a good decision? Be sure to provide: C (claim, restate question with opinion) E (two pieces of supporting evidence) R (reasoning, explain evidence)