US History This Week

QUIZ Tomorrow!!!

Study the following topics:

Chapter 1 Section 4 (from last week)

Monroe doctrine: US warns European nations to stay out of American affairs/asserts sovereignty

Election of 1800: led to the 12th Amendment

Marbury vs. Madison: established the principle of judicial review

Louisiana purchase: doubled size of US, allowed for Western expansion

War of 1812: Established a US as truly independent sovereign (control self) nation

Chapter 2 

Trail of Tears: With the Indian Removal Act, Indians were forced from their lands. Many of the Cherokees protested but 16,000 Cherokees to walk from the Southeast to Oklahoma along what came to be called the Trail of Tears

Underground Railroad: Northern people who were against slavery, both black and white, risked their lives to help slaves escape to freedom through a loosely organized network.

Manifest destiny: the idea that the United States was destined to own most or all of North America. The phrase Manifest Destiny became a rallying cry for expansionists.

Second Great Awakening: powerful religious movement that influenced American life and the formation of new religious groups. Protestants were discriminating against Catholics and Jews.

California gold rush: Gold was found in 1848 in the American River east of Sacramento. The news quickly spread to the East. By 1849, about 80,000 Americans were headed for California in a mass migration. (People expanded (spread) West to California looking for gold. 

This is from our notes last week, and from our worksheets from last Thursday. So please review your notes, the worksheets, and the book. 

Our Agenda:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2mk7v8cXovLNW5Sajk0a1lCQ2U1dk5TYzRlYXlndmxKYW9z/edit?usp=sharing

US History Chapter 3

PowerPoint Notes Chapter 3
1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2mk7v8cXovLQ18tTWhkeGxRcThibEdSYmZjMEIwY19sZ2ZN/edit?usp=sharing

2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2mk7v8cXovLRGRwZThXWlFHa1JjNVVjRjVEOURaQmlldGRR/edit?usp=sharing



Tentative Schedule

Coach Yarbrough                                            Week 6-7 Agenda    (1^st Quarter)

U.S. History

Monday (9/8/13)

In-Class:

1)    Notes – Road to Civil War (Ch. 3 Sec. 1-2)

Homework:

1)    Study for QUIZ (check Mrs. Ferrell’s blog)

Tuesday (9/9/13)

In-Class:

1)    QUIZ – Ch.2

2)    Finish Notes – Road to Civil War (Ch. 3 Sec. 1-2)

Homework:

1)    Guided Reading – Chapter 3

Wednesday (9/10/13)

In Class:

1)    Ken Burns – “The Civil War”

Homework:

1)    Continue Guided Reading – Chapter 3

Thursday (9/11/13)

In Class:

2)    Finish Ken Burns – “The Civil War” (Discuss)

Homework:

2)    Finish Guided Reading – Chapter 3

3)    Study – QUIZ (Everything from notes, guided reading, & video from Ch. 3)

Friday (9/12/13)

In Class:

1)    NOTES – The Civil War

2)    QUIZ – Chapter 3 (Everything from notes, guided reading, & video this week)

3)    Guided Reading Chapter 3 Sections 1-2 Due TODAY

Homework:

1)    Guided Reading Chapter 3 Sections 3-4 Due Tuesday

Monday (9/15/13)

In Class:

1)    Activity – The Civil War

Homework:

2)    Guided Reading Chapter 3 Sections 3-4 Due Tuesday

Tuesday (9/16/13)

In Class:

      1) NOTES – Reconstruction

2) Small Groups – Reconstruction Politics

3)    Guided Reading Chapter 3 Sections 3-4 Due TODAY

Homework: none

Wednesday (9/17/13)

In-Class:

1)    Review for TEST

Homework: STUDY FOR TEST

Thursday (9/18/13)

In Class:

*TEST – CHAPTERS 2-3

Homework:

1) Chapter 4 – Guided Reading

Friday (9/19/13)

NO SCHOOL – Teacher In-Service

Notes from Today