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Take out all the papers you currently have for Utah Studies. Work on your study guide and any unfinished assignments. Where should your backpack be? This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
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Take out a blank piece of paper. On the top seven lines, answer questions 1-7 on page 224 using the census chart. If you finish early, work on your study guide! Where should your backpack be? This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
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Work on questions 11-20 on the study guide. If you finish early, work on some other part of your study guide! You will also need your paper from yesterday! And the Roadblocks to Statehood paper. Where should your backpack be? This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
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Take out a piece of paper. Put your name, hour, and today’s date on it. Write the title “Utah: The Struggle For Statehood 6” on it. Write “By a Thread” on the first line. Then count down 5 more lines. Add the rest of these titles following the same pattern: The Court Hammer and Anvil The Manifesto Change Progress Politics (II) 1894 1895 Forty-Five Stars Epilogue Where should your backpack be? This is still a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
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History Objective – We will describe what occurred when Utah finally became a state. Behavior Objective – Collaboration: Work with your group to complete the activity. Language Objective – We will read with our group to identify important details from the text.
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When the Constitution was finished, it was sent to Washington D.C. for approval from Congress and the president. Today we will be reading about Utah’s reaction to becoming a state, and their participation in the first state and national elections.
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Heber M. Wells - 219 The Glorious Day of Statehood – 220-221 Celebrations Around the State - 222 1896 National Election - 223 Martha Hughes Cannon - 223 Read and discuss your section with your group, then write the five most important details from the reading.
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He was Utah’s first governor as a state. He had a pioneer family and his father was the commander of the militia when Johnston’s army came to Utah. He started organizations that evolved to today's Utah Arts Council & Utah state Historical Society He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He served 2 years & was a republican He made efforst to pass Utah’s first water rights dealing laws.
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January 4 th, 1896, pre. Grover Cleveland proclaims Utah as a state. Utah becomes the 45 th state. A giant US flag with 45 stars was hanged in the S.L. Tabernacle’s Ceiling. First state official are inaugurated. “Utah, we love thee” was written for the occasion, and later became Utah’s state song
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The people in the territory celebrated becoming a state. In many of the towns people would have dances. They played music and fired rifles. New officials were put into office on the 6 th. Towns in Utah celebrated in many different ways.
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In 1896 Utah's voted in their first national election. A black man ran for legislation (and got a fair number of votes). Two women won seats in the UT house of representatives. Martha Cannon became the first female senator in the nation. The democratic party won control of the Utah state legislature.
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Martha Hughes Cannon was born in Wales in 1857 and immigrated to Utah in 1860. She was one of the first doctors for the old Deseret Hospital in SLC. She worked to bring better medical care the people.
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