D. O. 8408 Start of the Year Info.

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D. O. ?8/4/08 Start of the Year Info.

• According to the classroom procedures, explain
  what you do when you come into Mr. Furmans class
• Did you know? George Washington and Gerald Ford
  are the only American Presidents not to be
  elected to office. You do not need to write this
  down.

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D. O. ?8/5/08Start of the Year Info.

• How many times can you use the restroom in this
  class each quarter? When is it appropriate to
  ask to use the restroom in class?
• Did you know? There were actually two Boston Tea
  Parties one on December 16, 1773 and another on
  March 7, 1774.

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D. O. ?8/6/08Start of the Year Info.

• What does assessments make up of your over all
  grade. What is homework/ practice assignments?
• Did you know? That John Adams defended the
  British soldiers accused of killing the five
  colonists at the Boston Massacre. All of the
  British soldiers were found not guilty.

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D. O. ?8/7/08Start of the Year Info.

• What is the purpose in doing homework?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/8/08Start of the Year Info.

• If you are absent what are some ways that you can
  find what work you missed in class?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/11/08Ch. 6.1

• What were the Stamp and Quartering Acts?
• Did you know?Paul Revere never finished his ride
  from Lexington to Concord. He was stopped by a
  British patrol on his way to Concord and
  arrested.

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D. O. ?8/12/08Ch. 6.1

• Which revolutionary leader from Virginia opposed
  the Stamp Act and as the war started said give
  me liberty or give me death?
• Did you know? During the American Revolution,
  Loyalists(colonists loyal to Great Britain) were
  also called Tories. The term Tory refers to a
  political party in Great Britain that favored
  supporting the Kings power over the British
  Parliament.

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D. O. ?8/13/08Ch. 6.1

• What is a boycott?
• Did you know? At the start of the American
  Revolution it is estimated that 40 of the
  colonists were loyalists.

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D. O. ?8/14/08Ch. 6.2

• What was the significance of the Boston Tea
  Party?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/15/08Ch. 6.2

• What was the Committee of Correspondence?
• How did it help to unify colonial resistance
  towards Great Britain?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/18/08 Ch. 6.2

• Who were the Sons of Liberty? Name one of their
  more famous leaders.
• Did you know? These are the five men who died at
  the Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks, Samuel
  Maverick, James Caldwell, Samuel Gray and Patrick
  Carr.

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D. O. ?8/19/08Ch. 6.3

• What were the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)?

Did you know? Samuel Adams convinced Paul Revere
to make a picture of the Boston Massacre. It
wasn't accurate, but Samuel Adams wanted to use
what happened in the Boston Massacre to make the
Colonists even angrier with the British.
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D. O. ?8/20/08Ch. 6.3

• How did the colonists prepare themselves to fight
  the British?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/21/08Ch. 6.3

• What did the First Continental Congress ask the
  colonies to do after Great Britain passed the
  Intolerable Acts?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/22/08 Ch. 6.3

• Who were the Tories (Loyalists)?
• Did you know? "Yankee Doodle" was born as a jest
  at American soldiers. The song first appeared
  during the French and Indian War, sung by British
  troops to poke fun at the bumpkin nature of their
  American cousins. Americans were called
  Jonathan's by the British. The word yankee was
  probably derived from the Dutch word jankee, or
  little John.Early in the day, at the battles of
  Lexington and Concord, British troops played
  "Yankee Doodle" to poke fun at the Americans as
  they marched through the countryside. This was
  before they faced the withering fire of the New
  England militia on their way back to Boston at
  the end of the day.The British again played the
  song to deride the colonists at Bunker Hill, but
  by this time, the "Jonathan's" had claimed the
  tune as their own.

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D. O. ?8/25/08 Ch. 6.4

• Identify the following people
• Ethan Allen
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/26/08 Ch. 6.4

• After fighting had already started between the
  British and Colonists, why did the Second
  Continental Congress wait more than a year to
  declare independence?
• Did you know? most of the fighting at the Battle
  of Bunker Hill did not occur on Bunker Hill
  itself, the conflict is sometimes more accurately
  (though less often) called the Battle of Breed's
  Hill.

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D. O. ?8/27/08 Ch. 6.4

• What is an (un)inalienable or natural right?
• Did you know? before switching sides and joining
  the British, Benedict Arnold was considered by
  many to be the best general and most accomplished
  leader in the Continental Army. Without Arnold's
  earlier contributions to their cause, the
  American Revolution might well have been lost.

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D. O. ?8/28/08 Ch. 6.4

• Who was chosen to be the commander of the
  Continental Army?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?8/29/08 Ch. 6.4

• What was the significance of the Battle of Bunker
  Hill?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/3/08 Ch. 6

• List out 6 reasons why the colonists want to be
  free of Great Britain's rule.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/4/08 Ch. 7.1

• What did General Washington do to help the
  colonies prepare for war?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/5/08 Ch. 7.1

• What was the importance of the Battle of
  Saratoga?
• Did you know? General Washington served with
  the British Army during the French and Indian
  War. He was placed in command of the Virginia
  militia during the war.

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D. O. ?9/8/08 Ch. 7.1

• What was Britain's northern strategy to defeat
  the colonies? What was General Burgoynes role
  in this plan?
• Did you know? There were women in the
  Continental Army, even a few who saw combat!
•       Probably the best known is Mary Ludwig
  Hays, nicknamed "Molly Pitcher." She replaced her
  wounded husband at his cannon during the Battle
  of Monmouth in 1778. Another wife of an
  artilleryman, Margaret Corbin, was badly wounded
  serving in her husband's gun crew at the Battle
  of Harlem Heights in 1776. Thousands of other
  women served in Washington's army as cooks and
  nurses.

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D. O. ?9/9/08 Ch. 7.2

• In what ways did France help the colonies during
  the Revolutionary War?
• Did you know? Congress commissioned Marquis de
  Lafayette a Major General in the Continental Army
  on the July 31, 1777. He was only 19 years old!

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D. O. ?9/10/08 Ch. 7.2

• What happened to Washingtons Army at Valley
  Forge? (Negatives and Positives)
• Did you know? Baron von Steuben of Prussia
  (Germany) offered his military skills to the
  patriot cause. When he arrived at Valley Forge on
  February 23, 1778. General Washington saw great
  promise in the Prussian and assigned him the task
  of training the Continental Army.

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D. O. ?9/11/08 Ch. 7.2

• Identify the following people.
• -Marquis de Lafayette
• -John Paul Jones
• -George Rogers Clark
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/12/08 Ch. 7.2

• What was a privateer? How were they used by
  America during the Revolutionary War?
• Did you know? John Paul Jones was born 'John
  Paul' in 1747, in Scotland. For several years he
  had sailed aboard a number of different British
  merchant and slaver ships. During one of his
  voyages in 1770, John Paul disciplined one of his
  crew by flogging him, the sailor died a few weeks
  later. A year and a half later, while serving on
  a different ship, Jones killed a member of his
  crew with a sword in a dispute over wages. In
  1775, Jones came to America changed his name to
  John Paul Jones and volunteered his services to
  the new American navy.

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D. O. ?9/15/08 Ch. 7.3

• Why did the British shift the fighting from
  the New England (MA, NH, CT, RI) and Middle
  states (NY, NJ, PA, MD, DE) to the South (VA, NC,
  SC, GA)? What did they hope to gain?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/16/08 Ch. 7.3

• What almost happened to the American army at
  the Battle of Charles Town?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/17/08 Ch. 7.3

• What happened at the Battle of Yorktown? Who was
  General Cornwallis?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/18/08 Ch. 7.3

• What was the main factor that led to America
  defeating the British in the American Revolution?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/19/08 Ch. 7.4

• Name the treaty that ended the Revolutionary
  War. List out some of the conditions of that
  treaty.
• Did you know? George Washington married widower
  Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759. He was 26. She
  was a 28. She had four children from her first
  marriage. George and Martha never had any
  children of their own.
• Name Born
  Died Age at death
• Daniel Nov. 19, 1751
  Feb. 19, 1754 2
• Frances April 12, 1753
  April 1, 1757 3
• John (Jack) November 1754 Nov.
  5, 1781 27
• Martha (Patsy) December 1755 June 19,
  1773 17

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D. O. ?9/22/08 Ch. 7.4

• Explain how the idea of republicanism made
  the Americans' new government different from the
  system of government they had under British rule.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/23/08 Ch. 7.4

• What do you feel was the main reason why the
  colonies were able to defeat Great Britain?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/25/08 Ch. 8.1

• What was the name of Americas first
  Constitution?
• What type of government did it create?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/26/08 Ch. 8.1

• What powers did the Confederation Congress
  have?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/29/08 Ch. 8.1

• What were the weaknesses of the federal
  (national) government under the Articles of
  Confederation?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?9/30/08 Ch. 8.1

• What was the Northwest Ordinance?
• Articles of Confederation
• Did you know? That under the Articles of
  Confederation the Congress was lead by a
  president. It should be noted that the title
  "President of Congress," is not the same as the
  title "President of the United States." George
  Washington became the first President of the
  United States in 1789. The first President of
  the United States in Congress Assembled was
  Samuel Huntington of Connecticut (March 1, 1781
  to July 6, 1781 ).

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D. O. ?10/1/08 Ch. 8.2

• Why was James Madison referred to as the
  Father of the Constitution?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/2/08 Ch. 8.2

• Explain what the Great Compromise was at
  the Constitutional Convention?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/3/08 Ch. 8.2

• Explain what the 3/5 Compromise was at the
  Constitutional Convention.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/14/08 Ch. 8.3

• What is Federalism?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/15/08 Ch. 8.3

• Give the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
  position on ratifying the Constitution. Explain
  your answer.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/16/08 Ch. 8.3

• What is the Bill of Rights and the
  Federalist Papers? How did each help to get the
  Constitution ratified?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/17/08 Ch. 8

• How did the U.S. Constitution create a national
• government that respected both the independence
  of the
• states and the rights of the individuals.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/21/08 Ch. 8

• If you were alive at the time the Constitution
• was written, would you have supported its
• ratification? Explain.
• Did you know? That some of the Founding Fathers,
  like Thomas Jefferson, felt that every generation
  should hold their own Constitutional Convention
  and write a new constitution for their time
  period.

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D. O. ?10/22/08 Democracy, Citizenship and
Voting

• What are the four reasons why we need
  government?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/23/08 Democracy, Citizenship and
Voting

• Define government.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/24/08 Democracy, Citizenship and
Voting

• What are the two types of democracies, monarchies
  and dictatorships?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?10/29/08 Democracy, Citizenship and
Voting

• What is the Electoral College?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/3/08 Democracy, Citizenship and Voting

• What is a political party?
• Name the two major political parties here in the
  United States.
• Did you know? That the Federalists and
  Antifederalists were the first two major
  political parties in the United States.

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D. O. ?11/4/08 Democracy, Citizenship and Voting

• What is the significance of the numbers 270 and
  538 in the Electoral College system?
• Did you know? Four times in American history the
  presidential candidate who won the popular vote
  lost the electoral vote and did not become
  President. 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000.

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D. O. ?11/5/08 Democracy, Citizenship and Voting

• Give a brief description of each philosophers
  political beliefs John Locke, Jean Jacque
  Rousseau and Baron de Montesquieu.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/6/08 Democracy, Citizenship and Voting

• What are the 5 duties of a citizen ( things a
  citizen legally must do)?
• .
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/7/08 Democracy, Citizenship and Voting

• Name the 4 ways a person can become a citizen of
  the United States.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/10/08 Democracy, Citizenship and
Voting

• What is the Selective Service?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/13/08 Constitution Handbook

• What are the 7 principles of the
  Constitution?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/14/08 Constitution Handbook

• Article 1 deals with which branch of the Federal
  Government?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/17/08 Constitution Handbook

• How many years is a term of office for a U.S.
  Senator and U.S. Representative?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/18/08 Constitution Handbook

• What position is the leader of the House of
• Representatives? What position is the leader of
• the Senate?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/19/08 Constitution Handbook

• What are the qualifications to serve in the House
  of Representatives and the Senate?
• Did you know? On August 24, 1814, British troops
  set fire to the Capitol Building (Congress)
  during the War of 1812. A rainstorm prevented its
  complete destruction.

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D. O. ?11/20/08 Constitution Handbook

• List out the steps of how a bill becomes a
  law.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/21/08 Constitution Handbook

• How many representatives are there in the House
  of Representatives? How many Senators in the
  Senate?
• .
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/24/08 Constitution Handbook

• If a Senator leaves office before their term is
  up,
• how is a new Senator chosen to fill that
  position?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/25/08 Constitution Handbook

• What is a quorum?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?11/26/08 Constitution Handbook

• What is a filibuster?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/1/08 Constitution Handbook

• All presidential appointments and treaties made
• with foreign countries must be approved by
• who?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/2/08 Constitution Handbook

• What kind of cases start in the Supreme Court?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/3/08 Constitution Handbook

• Which Article of the Constitution guarantees all
  person a trial by jury even in cases of
  impeachment??
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/4/08 Constitution Handbook

• How does the amendment process play in making the
• Constitution a living document?
• Did you know? The U.S. Constitution has 4,400
  words. It is the oldest and shortest written
  Constitution of any major government in the
  world.

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D. O. ?12/5/08 Constitution Handbook

• Explain how the Constitution is amended?
• Which article of the Constitution explains this?
• Did you know? Since 1952, the Constitution has
  been on display in the National Archives Building
  in Washington, DC. Currently, all four pages are
  displayed behind protective glass framed with
  titanium. To preserve the parchments quality,
  the cases contain argon gas and are kept at 67
  degrees Fahrenheit with a relative humidity of 40
  percent.

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D. O. ?12/8/08 Constitution Handbook

• When citizens move from one state to another,
  what
• happens to their rights under the Constitution?
• Did you know? Of the forty-two delegates who
  attended most of the meetings, thirty-nine
  actually signed the Constitution. Edmund Randolph
  and George Mason of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry
  of Massachusetts refused to sign due in part due
  to the lack of a bill of rights.

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D. O. ?12/9/08 Constitution Handbook

• List the 5 rights guaranteed in the First
• Amendment.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/10/08 Constitution Handbook

• When can the government limit a persons 1st
• Amendment right to free speech.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/11/08 Constitution Handbook

• According to the 4th Amendment what two things
• must the government (police) have before
• conducting a search?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/12/08 Constitution Handbook

• How does the 6th Amendment protect a person
• accused of a crime? Confront his or her
• accusers.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/15/08 Constitution Handbook

• Pick a couple of amendments, and explain how
• they made the United States a more fair or
• democratic place to live.
• Did you know? That the 27th Amendment (a
  Congressional pay raise doesnt go into effect
  until the next session of Congress) was
  originally supposed to be in the Bill of Rights.

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D. O. ?12/16/08 Constitution Handbook

• Explain each of the following principles of the
• Constitution.
• Republicanism,
• Federalism,
• Popular Sovereignty,
• Checks and Balances,
• Individual Rights.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?12/17/08 Constitution Handbook

• Explain the significance of Miranda v Arizona
• and Gideon v. Wainwright and Marbury v.
• Madison.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/5/09 WWII- 26.1

• Name the three nations that made up the Axis
  Alliance during WWII.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/6/09 WWII- 26.1

• What was fascism? What did fascists believe?
  In which country did it start?
• Did you know? The word fascism comes from the
  Latin word fasces. The fasces, which consisted
  of a bundle of rods often tied around an axe,
  were an ancient Roman symbol of the authority of
  the civic magistrates.

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D. O. ?1/8/09 WWII- 26.1

• Describe at least three events or circumstances
  that led to the start of WWII.
• Did you know? That Adolf Hitler was born in
  Austria, not Germany. He did not become a German
  citizen until right before he was elected the
  Chancellor of Germany.

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D. O. ?1/12/09 WWII- 26.1

• What did the Nazi Party in Germany believe.
• Did you know? That the word Nazi is an
  abbreviation for the National Socialist German
  Workers' Party

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D. O. ?1/13/09 WWII- 26.2

• In what ways did the American people support the
  war effort from home?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/14/09 WWII- 26.2

• Explain how rationing was used during the home
  front.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/15/09 WWII- 26.2

• What was Executive Order 9066? Who were the
  Nisei and how were they treated after Pearl
  Harbor?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/16/09 WWII- 26.2

• Who was Rosie the Riveter and what did she
  symbolize during the war?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/21/09 WWII- 26.3

• What was General Dwight D. Eisenhower's role in
  the Allied invasion of North Africa.
• What was his role during the war in Europe?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/22/09 WWII- 26.3

• What was the significance of the D-Day invasion?
  
• Did you know?
• D-Day is a common military term for the first
  day of any large scale military operation. The
  news media caught on to this phrase an started to
  refer to the invasion as D-Day. The actual code
  name for the invasion was Operation Overlord.

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D. O. ?1/23/09 WWII- 26.3

• Why did the Allies invade North Africa before
  trying to invade Europe?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/26/09 WWII- 26.3

• What was the Holocaust during WWII?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/27/09 WWII- 26.3

• What was the significance of the Battle of the
  Bulge?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/28/09 WWII- 26.4

• What was General Douglas MacArthur's role in the
  Pacific during WWII?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?1/29/09 WWII- 26.4

• What was the importance of the Battle of
  Midway?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/2/09 WWII- 26.4

• Why did the U.S. decide to drop two atomic bombs
  on Japan? What effect did the dropping of these
  bombs have?
• Did you know? That last night the Pittsburgh
  Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Super
  Bowl XLIII, to become the only professional
  football team to ever win 6 world championships.

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D. O. ?2/3/09 WWII- 26.4

• What role did the Navajo Code Talkers play in
  the war?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/4/09 WWII- 26.4

• Explain the U.S. militarys strategy of Island
  Hopping in the Pacific.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/5/09 WWII- 26.4

• U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on which two
  Japanese cities?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/6/09 WWII- 26.4

• What condition were Germany and Japan in after
  the war?
• How did the Marshall Plan help Europe recover
  economically after the war.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/9/09 WWII- 26.5

• Because of the bad economic conditions around
  the world after WWII, many nations turned to this
  type of government/ economic system to help their
  country improve.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/10/09 WWII- 26.5

• As a result of the Holocaust the United Nations
  created this homelands for Jews after WWII?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/11/09 WWII- 26.5

• How did the G.I. Bill of Rights help soldiers
  returning from the war?
• Did you know? On the Soviet flag the hammer
  symbolizes the nation's industrial workers
  (proletarians) while the sickle symbolizes the
  nation's agricultural workers (peasants)who
  together formed the state. The red star
  represented the rule of the Communist Party and
  the red field is symbolism of the blood that has
  been spilled by workers and farmers.

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D. O. ?2/12/09 WWII- 26.5

• How did boundaries of Germany change after WW
  II?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/17/09 WWII- Research Project

• List out some possible WWII topics that you
  would like to research.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?2/18/09 WWII- Research Project

• What are some ways to check the credibility of a
  research source?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/16/09 Ch 27 Cold War

• What was the Cold War?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/17/09 Ch 27 Cold War

• What caused the Cold War? What were
• Americans afraid of during the Cold War?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/18/09 Ch 27 Cold War

• What was President Trumans strategy to
• win the Cold War?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/19/09 Ch 27 Cold War

• What were the causes and outcomes of the Korean
  War?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/20/09 Ch 27 Cold War

• What was McCarthyism? How did it impact
  Americans?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/23/09 Ch 27 Cold War

• Explain what the Space Race and Arms Race were
  during
• the Cold War.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/25/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• If you were alive during the early years of the
  Cold
• War, what would you do to stop the spread of
• communism?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/26/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Why was Vietnam separated into two separate
  countries?
• Did you know?
• That Southeast Asia is also called Indochina.

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D. O. ?3/27/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• What was the domino theory? How did this lead
  to
• Americas involvement in Vietnam?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/30/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Name the leader of North Vietnam, and South
  Vietnam at
• the start of the war.
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?3/31/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Explain what happened during the Bay of Pigs
  Invasion.
• How did it lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?4/1/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and how was it
  used to
• help the Viet Cong?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?4/2/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Explain the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?4/3/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• What was the Tet Offensive?
• What effect did this battle have on the United
  States?
• Did you know?

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D. O. ?4/6/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Explain guerrilla warfare. How did the North
• Vietnamese and Viet Cong use this type of warfare
  against
• the U.S.?
• Did you know?

122
D. O. ?4/7/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Why did many Americans feel the draft was unfair
  during
• the Vietnam War?
• Did you know?

123
D. O. ?4/8/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• In 1969, Richard Nixon angered more Americans
  when he
• widened the war by attacking this other country
  in
• Southeast Asia?
• Did you know?

124
D. O. ?4/9/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Why were many Americans against the war in
  Vietnam?
• Did you know?

125
D. O. ?4/13/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Explain President Nixons strategy of
  Vietnamization.
• Did you know?

126
D. O. ?4/14/09 Ch 29 Vietnam and the Cold War

• Why did President Kennedy increase military aid
  to South
• Vietnam?
• Did you know?

127
D. O. ?4/16/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• In what ways have African Americans been
  discriminated
• against in America History?
• Did you know?

128
D. O. ?4/17/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.
• Did you know?

129
D. O. ?4/20/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• What were Jim Crow Laws?
• Did you know?

130
D. O. ?4/21/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• How did Supreme Court rulings after the
  Reconstruction
• set back the civil rights African Americans had
• gained in the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
• Did you know? Myth there are 50 states in the
  United States.
• Truth Technically, no. There are only 46 States
  in the United States-Kentucky, Massachusetts,
  Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths

131
D. O. ?4/22/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• Who were the Little Rock Nine, and how did they
• encourage civil rights supporters to continue
  their fight?
• Did you know?

132
D. O. ?4/24/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• Explain the Montgomery Bus Boycott. What role
  did Rosa
• Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC play
  in this
• event?
• Did you know?

133
D. O. ?4/27/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• Explain the outcomes of the Civil Rights Act of
  1964 and
• the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
• Did you know?

134
D. O. ?4/28/09 Ch 28 Civil Rights

• Why was the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
  important
• to women? What ultimately happened to this
• amendment?
• Did you know?

135
D. O. ?4/30/09 Ch 30

• What economic problem hurt the U.S. in the 1970s?
  
• Did you know?

136
D. O. ?5/1/09 Ch 30

• What was President Nixon's most important success
  in
• foreign policy?
• Did you know?