U S HISTORY ON THIS DAY 1794 Eli

U. S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin. 1900 - U. S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act. 1903 - The U. S. Senate ratified the Hay-Herran Treaty that guaranteed the U. S. the right to build a canal at Panama. 1914 - Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. 1923 - President Harding became the first U. S. President to file an income tax report. 1932 - George Eastman, the founder of the Kodak company, committed suicide. 1943 - U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U. S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. 1947 - The U. S. signed a 99 -year lease on naval bases in the Philippines. 1951 - U. N. forces recaptured Seoul for the second time during the Korean War. 1964 - A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. 1995 - American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket. n BELL WORK: n AGENDA: n READ IS IT TIME TO PASS TOUGH n TAKE OUT A SHEET OF PAPER. GUN CONTROL LAWS? n TITLE IT GUN CONTROL. n MAKE PRO/CON CHART ON PAPER. n GROUP DISCUSSION ON LISTS & n ANSWER THE FOLLOWING ANSWER READING QUESTIONS. QUESTION: n RESPOND TO WRITING PROMPT. n HOMEWORK: n IF YOU HAD THE POWER TO n CONTINUE WORK ON UNIT CHANGE AMERICA’S GUN LAWS ASSIGNMENTS & WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WHY? VOCABULARY.