COMTINUE THE MOVIE 12 YEARS A SLAVE & 6 SQUARE SHEET. 3.14.19 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM O N THIS DAY: 1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin. 1900 - U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act. 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Hay-Herran Treaty that guaranteed the U.S. the right to build a canal at Panama. 1914 - Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. 1923 - President Harding became the first U.S. President to file an income tax report. 1932 - George Eastman, the founder of the Kodak company, committed suicide. 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. 1947 - The U.S. signed a 99-year lease on naval bases in the Philippines. 1951 - U.N. forces recaptured Seoul for the second time during the Korean War. 1964 - A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. 1995 - American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket         BELL WORK: PICK-UP & READ WHAT BECAME OF THE SLAVES ON A GEORGIA PLANTATION? WRITE A BRIEF SUMMARY IN WHICH YOU INCLUDE: THE TITLE & # OF THE SECTION. THE MAIN SUBJECT OF THE PASSAGE ANY INFORMATION/DETAILS YOU FOUND INTERESTING AGENDA: COMTINUE THE MOVIE 12 YEARS A SLAVE & 6 SQUARE SHEET. COMPLETE EXIT TICKET. SOUNDTRACK SONG: HUNTER

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