1. U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States Delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, AL, to form the Confederate States of America The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur During World War II, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany's defeat The Administrator of General Services announced that the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had been ratified. The amendment banned the poll tax U.S. President Ronald Reagan's defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the "Star Wars" research program Lt. Col. Matt Urban (The Ghost), WWII’s most decorated soldier, dies.
BELL WORK: #
PICK-UP THE COLD WAR HEATS UP.
COMPLETE ACTIVE READING:
1. READ PASSAGE.
2. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES.
3. CIRCLE UNFAMILIAR INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES.
4. ASK QUESTIONS IN MARGINS, SPACE BELOW OR BACK ABOUT CIRCLED ITEMS.
AGENDA: (24:40)
DISCUSS THE KOREAN WAR.
COMPLETE & DISCUSS U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE KOREAN WAR ACTIVITY 6.2.
COMPLETE EXIT TICKET.
HOMEWORK:
VIDEO 6.3 & CORNELL NOTES.
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY

2. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.2 Assessment
At the end of WWII (1)_____, one of America’s allies during the war, becomes a communist nation. The new communist government was led by (2)______. The result of the Chinese Civil War was the first example of the failure of the American policy of (3)_____. After WWII Korea was split along the (4)_____. The North was controlled by the (5)_____ while the South was democratic and backed by (6)_____.

3. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.2 Assessment
The Korean War began in (7)_____ when North Korea attacked South Korea. The U.S. joined 16 other U.N. nations in support of South Korea and placed U.S. General (8)_____ in command. After several public disputes, President (9)_____ makes the decision to fire MacArthur. Despite the length of the war and the large loss of life the Korean War today is often referred to as the (10)_____.

4. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.2 Assessment
Based on what you have learned, was America’s decision to support South Korea a good decision?
Be sure to provide:
C (claim, restate question with opinion)
E (two pieces of supporting evidence)
R (reasoning, explain evidence)