11/22/19

Same as 11/21 entry.

11/21/19

1) Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2) Go over Test 2 info (See details on Google Classroom)
3) Finish video; discuss/hand in notes

4) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, pages 78-103 ("An Empire for Slavery")
Focus your reading on:  a) Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act  b) Uncle Tom's Cabin

11/20/19

Same as 11/19 entry.

11/19/19

1) Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
2) Video: "Empire Upon the Trails"
--Take 2 pages of section notes:
a) Texas  b) Whitmans  c) Native Americans  d) Mormons

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, pages 64-77 ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
Focus your reading on:  a) California Gold Rush  b) Compromise of 1850 (Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Stephen A. Douglas)  c) "Common Property" Doctrine (John C. Calhoun-page 65)

11/18/19

Same as 11/15 entry.

11/15/19

1) Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2) OPVL Pre-Civil War...Graded Sharing
--Each person needs to share at least twice on Values/Limitations (5 points)
--Assignment graded on Google Classroom (30 points)

3) Hand out Pre-Civil War Readers; read pages 3-5; 47-64 ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
Focus your reading on:  a) Gen. Winfield Scott  b) Wilmot Proviso  c) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo  d) Free-Soil Movement  e) Election of 1848  f) Popular sovereignty

11/14/19

Same as 11/13 entry.