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TEST DAY CONTINUED...
9/11
We went over 9/11 and watched a video.
9/12
We finished the video on 9/11 and answered the following questions-
What was President Bush doing when he heard of the attacks? President Bush was having kids read to him in school for the No Child Left Behind Legislation.
According to president Bush, what is the first thing a leader needs to do for the country in times of crisis? Bush says during a crises, a leader needs to remain calm to keep the rest of the people calm.
Why do the secret service refuse to allow President Bush to go back to Washington DC right away? They didn’t take him back because they didn’t want to go back and risk the President being hit / killed.
No more planes were allowed in the sky
Why was the President Bush sent to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha? The president was taken to Nebraska because there was a safe bunker there right in the middle of the country. It also has a god communication system.
Why did the President insist on going back to the capital later that day against the will of the Secret Service? The President insisted on going back to the capital because he didn't want to appear weak and send the message that Alcida won. He didn't want to record a message in a bunker, he wanted to send a message from the Oval Office.
-missing answer-
The President did not blame the FBI for the attack because he thought there was no use on looking back and pointing fingers when they should be working to find who did this.
How did the president react when he heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed? When President Bush heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed, he wasn't jumping with joy, but he said he had a sense of closure knowing justice had been served.
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Manifest Destiny is the spirit of nothing is going to stop America from expanding westward. Settlers and people moved to the Great plains / west because of the general idea that we had the right to do so and had the spirit to move west because it is what god apparently wanted us to do. Farming pushed people west alond with sheep herding and ranching. The Homestead act offered free land as long as people built a home and created crops / farm land on the property. People also moved west for the gold and silver mining. People came out for work, or more specifically, the railroad. Hunting and trapping brought hunters. Mountain men would leave and live off the land maybe to run from the law, for adventure, etc. People moved west to fight native americans.
Cattle Ranching and Cowboys- They peaked between 1867-1880. It is thought back on as something very cool, but in reality they werent all they lived up to. It was lonely and dangerous because of stampedes from cattle and Native Americans. Cattle needed to be driven North because there were no railrounds in the South to transport the animals. (takes about 2-3 months) Dodge City, Kansas is where most cattle was taken and sold. After young men sold their cattle, they had a lot of money and would use the money for drinking, gambling, prostituition, and things would come from this like gun fights, duels, fighting in general, etc. People often took the law into their own hands.
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