3. 28. 18 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM 3.28.18 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts. 1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S. 1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded. 1921 - U.S. President Warren Harding named William Howard Taft as chief justice of the Supreme Court. 1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools. 1962 - The U.S. Air Force announced research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites. 1979 - Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant overheated and suffered a partial meltdown. 1990 - Jesse Owens received the Congressional Gold Medal from U.S. President George H.W. Bush.         AGENDA: FINISH KILLING LINCOLN & 6 SQUARE SHEET. COMPLETE & TURN IN KILLING LINCOLN PARAGRAPH & 6 SQAURE. EXPLAIN SPRINGBREAK EXTRA CREDIT. SOUNDTRACK FRIDAY (WEDNESDAY EDITION): LUKE BELL WORK: # PICK-UP & READ THE ARTICLE. WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF THE ARTICLE? WHICH FAMILY CONNECTION DID YOU FIND MOST INTERESTING? WHY?

On July 7, 1865, four conspirators were hanged by the neck at Fort McNair in Washington D.C.

Extra Credit Movie Review Directions: click here or check ILearn Westward Expansion & The Western Frontier: They Died with Their Boots On, Son of the Morning Star, Geronimo, I Will Fight No More Forever, The Cowboys, Open Range, High Noon, Unforgiven, Young Guns The Antebellum Era, Civil War & Reconstruction: Gone With the Wind, Gettysburg, Birth of a Nation (old or new), Lincoln, Conspirator