CONTINUE THE MOVIE GLORY & 6 SQUARE SHEET. 3.19.19 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1628 - The Massachusetts colony was founded by Englishmen. 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. 1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time. 1920 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Versailles Treaty for the second time maintaining an isolation policy. 1931 - The state of Nevada legalized gambling. 1945 - About 800 people were killed as Japanese kamikaze planes attacked the U.S. carrier Franklin off Japan. 1947 - Chiang Kai-Shek's forces took control of Yenan, the former headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party 1949 - The Soviet People's Council signed the constitution of the German Democratic Republic, and declared that the North Atlantic Treaty was merely a war weapon. 1963 - In Costa Rica, U.S. President Kennedy and six Latin American presidents pledged to fight Communism. BELL WORK: #10 PICK-UP & READ THE ARTICLE ON GENERAL ORDER 143. 1. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDER? 2. PROVIDE TWO REASONS WHY THE ORDER WAS ISSUED. 3. WHAT WAS ONE EFFECT OF THE ORDER? AGENDA: CONTINUE THE MOVIE GLORY & 6 SQUARE SHEET. COMPLETE EXIT TICKET.
The Civil War North vs South Union vs Confederacy Blue vs Gray Union = 23 Free States & 5 Border States Confederacy = 11 States 180,000 African-Americans in Union Army 620,000 deaths (644,000 in all others wars combined) Battle of Antietam (9/1862) worst day in U.S. military history over 22,700 casualties.
Battle of Antietam September 17-18, 1862 Sharpsburg, Maryland Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing Bloodiest day in United States history Battle was a draw
The 54th Massachusetts Corporal Thomas Searles Major Cabot Forbes Colonel Robert Gould Shaw Private Silas Trip Sergeant Major John Rawlins Private Jupiter Sharts
Exit Ticket #6 Based on the treatment shown in the movie, should African-Americans have volunteered to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War? Be sure to provide: C (claim, restate question with opinion) E (two pieces of supporting evidence) R (reasoning, explain evidence)