3.22.19 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: IF YOU WANT ME TO KEEP YOUR ELECTRONICS, KEEP THEM OUT! 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. BELL WORK: PICK-UP THE WORKSHEET FOR THE MOVIE OCTOBER SKY. USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR PHONE OR A TEXTBOOK COMPLETE PRE-MOVIE QUESTIONS #1-4. AGENDA: BEGIN THE MOVIE OCTOBER SKY & WORKSHEET. COMPLETE EXIT TICKET UNIT 6 RETAKES: TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY TEST @ 6:30. VOCAB. QUIZ @ 6:45. HOMEWORK: WORK ON 1960s UNIT VOCABULARY.
Exit Ticket # Be sure to provide: Based on what you have seen and learned, did the successful launch of Sputnik by the Soviets affect the American people? Be sure to provide: C (claim, restate question with opinion) E (two pieces of supporting evidence) R (reasoning, explain evidence)