Archive for March 12th 2019

U.S History

Bellwork-

  1. What are the main differences that exist between the two passages (I and II) contained within Document B?
  2. According to the information contained in the primary source what can you distinguish are the main reasons those who criticize President Truman might site for their opposition to his use of the atomic bombs?
  3. Imagine you were the President of the United States instead of President Truman during the last few months of WWII. How would you have handled Japan’s refusal to surrender? Would you have used the atomic bombs as well or would you have found another solution?

Instruction-

  • Chapter 17 Notes Collection
  • Chapter 18 Vocabulary Book

Documents:

Chapter 18-Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

Government:

Bellwork-

  1. Can you name the main focus of this of the map shown above?
  2. Based on this map, what is one way the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of the expansion of slavery into the territory gained from the Mexican Cession?
  3. What might have happened if California had been admitted as a slave state in 1850 instead of a free state?

Instruction-

  • Lecture: Political Parties
  • Chapter 5, Section 1 Guided Notes

Documents-

Chapter 5-Section 1-Guided Notes

Political Parties-Chapter 5