1.10.18 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1776 - Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense." 1861 - Florida seceded from the United States. 1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. 1901 - Oil was discovered at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont, TX. 1920 - The League of Nations ratified the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I with Germany. 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first American President to visit a foreign country during wartime. 2003 - North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the global nuclear arms control treaty and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons. AGENDA: FINISH VIDEO THE WORLD WARS & 6 SQUARE SHEET. COMPLETE & DISCUSS WORKSHEET. COMPLETE VIDEO PARAGRAPH. HOMEWORK: WORKSHEET & PARAGRAPH DUE TOMORROW. WORK ON UNIT VOCABULARY & MAP ACTIVITY. BELL WORK: #1 ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN YOUR BELL WORK SECTION: WHAT ALLOWED HITLER TO RISE TO POWER IN GERMANY?