THURSDAY--APRIL 9

Honors US History
EQ:
Why did the U.S. involve itself in WWI in 1917?
How did the U.S. gov't generate support for WWI?


CW:
notes: U.S. involvement in WWI
why did the U.S. go to war in 1917?
primary/secondary source analysis (these documents pertain to an essay question!!!)
notes: War on the Homefront (1917-18)
examples of propaganda from the Committee on Public Information
persecution of anti-war critics; handout: Schenck vs. US; anti-German attitudes; Sedition Act
Spanish Flu--1918
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notes: An Uncertain Peace
President Wilson's 14 Points
the fight for ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
video clip: Wartorn
First Red Scare--1919-20
President Warren G. Harding (1921-23)
"A return to normalcy"
Washington Naval Arms Conference (1921)
Harding's love letters to Carrie Fulton Phillips


HW:
Text pp. 673-77; 680-81
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US History


CW:
MID-TERM


HW:
24:1 and 24:2