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(November 28) Monday - There was a stabbing in the Ohio State College, no one died but 10 were hospitalized, and the stabber was shot by the police 

The Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, died this weekend from a illness he was a very evil man who enjoyed

Monday-

A person started stabbing random people in Ohio. Fidel Castro died, he was the leader on Cuba. He had been leading since 1959. Fidel went to law school. People thought that Castro was going to fix Cuba, but he made it worse. The CIA tried to k

Tennessee Fires 

Smoke filling the towns 

Taking over many homes and even hotels 

Marijuana Use

Many states are staring to allow marijuana

It is becoming much more common in the U.S.

Some young children are using medical marijuana and it is helping greatly

Monday - Worked on our Europe Projects 

Tuesday - Worked on our Europe Projects 

Wednesday - Worked on the Europe Projects 

Thursday - Watched the videos on Europe

Friday - Watched the videos on Europe 

Monday-

• TR decided to run as a third party candidate. 
• He tried to the republican vote but did not 
• He was shot and was asked how he was doing and his response was I feel as good a a bull moose
• this is where the bull moose party came from.

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Monday - 

• Republican Party Split
  • TR did not get the Republican nomination so he decided to run as a third party candidate in the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
• Wilson's Accomplishments
  • Passed Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
    • Could break up monopolies
    • La

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What did Progressives do to help the middle to lower class?

• Wilson 
  • Clayton Anti-Trust Act 
    • Broke up Monopolies
    • Allowed Labor Unions  to exist 
    • Strikes, boycotts, and Picketing became legal
  • Federal Trade Commission was established in 191

Monday:

What did progressives do to help during this era? 

• Passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff which reduced tarrifs - Taft lowered tariffs but also raised on a lot of products 
• Wilson's Accomplishments- Passed the Clayton Anti-Trust Act(1914) - could break

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What did Progressives do to help the middle to lower class?

• Wilson 
  • Clayton Anti-Trust Act 
    • Broke up Monopolies
    • Allowed Labor Unions  to exist 
    • Strikes, boycotts, and Picketing became legal
  • Federal Trade Commission was established in 191

Monday: notes

Woodrow Wilson

1. Wilson's Accomplishments
   1. Passed Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
      1. Could break up monopolies
   2. Labor Unions were given the right to exist
   3. Strikes, boycotts, picketing, etc., became legal
   4. Federal Trade Commission was established in 1914

Monday- continue presentations

-Taft's Accomplishments

• Passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff which reduced tariffs- although he raised tariffs for other things
• Broke up many trusts including the Standard oil company in 1911- broke up more trusts than Roosevel

Monday- Notes 

Tuesday- test day

Wednesday- test day

Thursday- Got projects 

Friday- 

Diocletian Splits of Empire -285 AD

-Diocletian was a strong ruler that brought law and order back to the Empire

-He believed that the empire had grown too large and too c

Teddy Roosevelt- Mount Rushmore 

 Went hunting in Mississippi with some friends and he couldn't find any bear and then some people found a little black bear and he sees it tied to a tree and he said he isn't going out on a hunt and refused to kill him

Monday(November 28th) 

Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Traft's presidency -

• Passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff which reduced tariffs 
  • reduced tariffs on somethings but raised them on a lot of others
  • Promised to lower tariff

Monday- 

Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency.

Reduced tariffs (taxes on imported goods), helped promote business, broke up trusts such as Standard Oil Company, 16th amendment (started income tax). 

Taft wa

Monday- Cuba talk, power point

Woodrow Wilson

progressive president

Passed Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)

could break up monopolies

labor unions were given the right to exist

Federal Trade Commission was established in 1914

Federal Reserve System

America nee

Monday - Finished up notes 

Tuesday - Test 

Wednesday - Finish up tests and talked about semester test 

Thursday - Gave out our WWI projects 

Friday - Work on WWI projects 

Monday- 

Ancient Rome (continued) 

• Diocletian Splits the Empire (285 AD)
  • Diocletian was a strong ruler that brought law and order back to the Empire
  • He believed that the empire had grown too large and too complex for one ruler
  • He divided the empire into t

Nov 28- 

Fall of the Roman Empire

• Internal Problems and Conflicts

  • Civil Wars and unrest

  • People didn’t care about politics

  • Low confidence in Empire

  • Contrast between rich and poor

  • Poor harvests

  • Trade was disrupted

• Separation of the Roman Empire into East and We

Monday: Finished Notes On Ancient Rome

Tuesday: Ancient Rome Group Test Part 1

Wednesday: Ancinet Rome Group Test Part 2

Thursday:

Friday: 

Notes

Ancient Rome

• The Fall of the Roman Empire
  • Historians generally agree that the end of the reign of the emperor Ma