US History Openers

US History Openers8/26/13IN YOUR COMPOSITION BOOK!!Write the questions and answers!!1. Who did you do your biocube on?2. What is your favorite topic in US History?3. Whats your favorite football team?8/28/13Today is the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.s I have a Dream Speech1. What is the dream he is talking about?2. Has it been accomplished?

9/4/13Who founded Virginia?Make 3 columns and title them God, gold, and glory9/6/13Which colony was founded by John Smith?Which Colonys religion was Puritanism?Which Colony was originally a Dutch colony?Which colony was founded by Roger Williams?

9/12/13What is the triangular trade route?What commodities were traded?9/16/13What happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill?Who wrote Common Sense?What was Common Sense about?

Use Chapter 2 in your book!!9/18/13What general did George Washington kick out of his meeting?What group of soldiers didnt they want to fight?9/20/13What made the Battle of Trenton successful?What was one error the Hessians made?9/24/13What were the:Intolerable ActsStamp ActTea Act9/26/13What happened at the Boston Tea Party?Why did it happen?9/30/13Who was John Paul Jones?List 5 facts from the Revolutionary War.-----10/2/13Describe Valley Forge.What conditions did the troops live in etc.10/4/13Who surrendered at Yorktown?Study for a quiz/ Test!!10/8/13Who did the New Jersey plan favor?Who did the Virginia plan favor?10/14/13Which political party did Jefferson belong to?Hamilton?10/16/13What is the Monroe Doctrine? (look in chapter 3)What is impressment?Who did Jefferson beat in the election of 1800?

Turn In Openers

10/24/13- New Openers 2nd quarterWho ordered the Indian Removal Act?What was the Trail of Tears?

Use Chapter 3 in your bookWrite the questions and your answers10/29/13What was the golden rule for the settlers going west?Why do you think this rule was in place?10/31/13What year did the Mormons settle the Great Salt Lake Valley?When did Texas Join the Union?Who said Go West, Young Man!11/4/13Who was Samuel F. B. Morse?How did the railroad change america?11/6/13Name 1 transcendentalist.Name 1 abolitionistWhat is a utopian society?11/8/131> Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?2. Who was the President of the United States at the beginning of the civil War?11/12/13Describe the 2 Harriets that helped start the Civil War.11/14/13Pick up the document Emancipation Proclamation at the front of the room and read it.Answer #1 and #2Dont write the questions today!!

11/18/13Pick up the document On the Burning of Columbia, SCAnswer Questions 1-3Dont Write the questions but title your opener.11/20/13Test11/22/13Which side had:More troops?Better leaders?Better infrastructure?11/26/13Who decides to lead the black troops?What were some problems with the new troops?

12/3/13Look at the chart on page 182Answer both questions that go with the chart.Write the answers only today!!

Objective today: Discover the main elements of Reconstruction and describe the events and people involved.12/5/13Explain the Ten Percent Plan?What was the Panic of 1873?12/9/13What do you think Edwin Drake would say about the EPA today? Write 2-3 sentences from his viewpoint.12/11/13Why did New York almost lose the Statue of Liberty?What invention made skyscrapers possible?12/17/13What is a Robber Baron?Name 2Who is Mary Harris Jones?12/19/13What invention couldnt you live without?Why?January 2, 2014Read One Americans Story on page 254Was Fong See successful?Give examples of his success or lack of.January 13, 2014Have you found your first generation immigrant yet? If so who is it?What was the main goal of the Americanization movement?What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

January 22, 2014What were the economic roots of U.S. Imperialism?Who was the last Queen of Hawaii?Your packet is due Friday Test Day!!

January 24, 2014Why did the Boxer Rebellion come to pass?Who was involved and why did they revolt?Were they justified in their actions?

Essential QuestionWhat were some of the arguments for and against American Imperialism?In groups read each document.Record 2 observations about your document. Your observation should aim toward answering the essential question.Add onto others observations DO NOT REPEAT WHAT OTHERS HAVE RECORDED.Why did the Allies have to do the Berlin Airlift?

What is the 38th Parallel?Who won in the Korean War?January 15, 2014Who was the first real Progressive President in US History?Hint: check chapter 9Hint #2 (progressive means bringing about radical social change through the government)1/28/14TEST TODAY!!!

STUDY.1/30/14Who are you?February 3, 2014Whos assassination led to the beginning of World War I?Why did every country join in the war?2/7/14What were Wilsons Fourteen Points aimed at?What were some of the Agencies created during WWI?2/7 Todays assignmentDo all vocab for Chapter 11Do the assessments on pages 387, 395 and 403Do #s 2-52/11/14In 1914 this Alliance consisted of France, Great Britain and Russia.In 1914 this Alliance consisted of Germany. Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.This long term cause of the war involved the build up of armies to use as diplomacy.2/13/14This contained a suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany that angered the American people.This British Liner was sunk by a German U-boat.His assassination sparked WWI.HFJKLFDSAREWQOPMNBXZ456712345UTIROE

2/20/14What was the War Industries Board and who was in charge of it?Why did they use convoys on the sea?Who was the commander of the AEF?2/26/14Why did Al Capone finally get arrested?When did he get involved in crime?2/28/14Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?

AssignmentSummarize your sections assignedUse picturesDefinitionsBullet pointsGraphsImportant peopleLawsEtc.You will be teaching the class your section!!!!Create a Venn Diagram comparing the US and USSR. Ten differences for each country and five commonalities.

March 24thName at least 3 countries that the US was trying to keep from becoming Communist in the 1940s.What major differences separated the US and USSR?Who were the leaders of the US and USSR?March 28th.What kind of primary source document does your group have?What do you like about p.s. documents?What is something new you learned from it?March 30thExplain the policy of Brinkmanship.What is the H-bomb and who developed it first?

10/8/13Who did the New jersey Plan favor?Who did the Virginia plan favor?

April 1stWhat do you know about the 50s?What do you want to know?Name 3 people who lived during the 50s.4/5/11How did major cities change during the 1950s?What strategies did radio stations use to counteract the mass popularity of television?Whats a baby boomer?

4/14/11What successes did the Soviets have in space?What is the Great Society?Whats medicaid and medicare and who proposed them?4/18/2011Who is Ruby Bridges?Who were the Little Rock 9?4/20Create a venn diagram and put Martin Luther King Jr. on one side and Malcom X on the other. Fill in their similarities and differences.

May the 4th be with YouWho is Richard Nixon?Name the last 3 presidents.