Thursday, November 7th

Social Studies 8 - Today we finished our discussion on Chapter 18's Reconstruction.  We focused on:

*Radical Reconstruction
*15th Amendment
*Abrupt End of Reconstruction
*Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests and Grandfather Clauses
*Jim Crow Laws

Friday, students will block with Mrs. Carlisto.

HOMEWORK:  On Tuesday you have a quiz on the Reconstruction Terms.  This is the first grade of the 2nd Quarter.

APUSH -  Today we discussed the Jackson's Presidency.  We focused much of our talk on the Tariff Issue from 1828-1833.  I will not be in class Friday.

Homework for the Thursday and the weekend:

Read Chapter 14 Forging the National Economy, pgs. 287-296.   Hippocampus Activities – Nationalism & Economic Expansion, 1816-1826:

1.     The Growth of America

2.     Westward Movement

Read Chapter 14 Forging the National Economy, pgs. 296-306. Hippocampus Activities – Nationalism & Economic Expansion, 1816-1826:

1.    Cotton is King