CONTINUE THE MOVIE GLORY & 6 SQUARE SHEET. 3.22.16 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 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. 1894 – The first Stanley Cup Championship was played Montreal defeated Ottawa. 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 & READ THE ARTICLE ON GENERAL ORDER 143. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDER? PROVIDE TWO REASONS WHY THE ORDER WAS ISSUED. WHAT WAS ONE EFFECT OF THE ORDER? AGENDA: CONTINUE THE MOVIE GLORY & 6 SQUARE SHEET.
The Civil War North vs South Union vs Confederacy Blue vs Gray Union = 23 Free States & 5 Border States Confederacy = 11 States 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.
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