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Angel Island

                The largest island in the San Francisco Bay, Angel Island, is 1.18 square miles not far from Alcatraz Island. 57 people live there now. There is a baseball diamond near Ft. McDowell open to the public on the island, and it

 my family originated form Europe. My Mom side the Bumans came from Germany don't know exactly when. They settled in Iowa. A lot of the Bumans Settled in south western Shelby County. several Buman Family still live in the south west part of Shelby Co

On my dad’s side there is some things that we know but on my mom’s side we do not know anything because she was adopted. All we know is that my great great grandpa Wiegert came to America after World War 1. He came from Germany for a better life than

My family has mostly descended from Europe. I have strong ancestry from Germany, Ireland, and Native Americans. I know that my great grandma on my moms side came over from Germany at an early age, but not much is known about her family before that. T

          All my ancestors originated from somewhere in Germany. My parents are Rodney and Angie Kenkel. My dad’s parents are Pat and Damien Kenkel. Damien’s dad is currently 71 and Pat is 70. Then my Damien’s grandparents, Anton Kenkel, had traveled

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-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's? technological improvements roads railroads hydraulic potential the Bessemer steel process made the steal stronger. there was cheap labor. lots of natural resources, oil

In tracing the Larsen family tree I can be trace back 5 generations. My great great grandfather Jorgen Larsen was born in Almstead Alsen. Alsen  was an island belonging to Denmark at that time. America was the land  chosen as the land of opportunitie

- Forum discussion 

- gender differences :)

- explication : family origins project

- Mr Bruns powerpoint :

Ch. 5.1:

-Describe Native American culture.

-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?

-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans

Ch. 7.1:

*Why did immigrants come to the US? looking for jobs, to escape religious hostility, jews were driven out of Russia by massacres and organized attacked, recruit Japanese workers 

Where did immigrants come from? China, japan, west indies, m

Located in the Upper New York Bay area. It was the gate way for millions of immigrants from 1892 to 1954. Before it was used for immigrants it was the home of Fort Gibson and later on it was used as a Naval Magazine. In 1965 the island was made apart

Japan- Farmers were forced to leave their land due to agricultural decline. Peace and prosperity. Left due to hard work and cheap labor to provide a better future for the family.----Japan Source

China- Chinese immigrants first migrated to America to w

    My ancestors from the Swisher side came from Switzerland in the 1800’s. Five brothers, with the last name Switzer came from Switzerland to New York. Only three of the five names were recorded, Joseph Switzer, John Switzer, Henry Switzer, and the

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5-1,2 industrial revolution best represented by the rail road. The homestead act gave 160 acres of land to people to live on and farm. This attracted thousands of people to the midwest, land speculators "stole" much of the land that was set as

Monday - Finished the video on President Bush's story of 9/11

Tuesday - Talked about the event subjects, also talked more on 9/11

Wednesday - Talked about DHS, FBI, CSI

Thursday - Bush Doctrine, and What is Al Queda

Friday - Mohmoud Ahmadinejad thought t

Monday - 

1. What was President Bush doing when he heard of the attacks?

Reading with kids in a school

2. According to President Bush, what is the first thing a leader needs to do for the country in times of crisis?

Stay calm

3. Why did the Secret Service

A terrorist Born March 1, 1964 or April 14, 1965 in the Baluchistan region of Pakistan. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was raised in Kuwait and joined the Muslim Brotherhood at age 16. He pursed his education in the United states in North Carolina. After he

Monday-Finished video on President Bush's thoughts on the events on 9/11.

Tuesday-Talked about blog posts, and a current events.

A man from Denmark had joined ISIS. Later, he became a double agent and talked about how he worked for the west defense gro

Why did they attack us? U.S troops were in the middle east. And they thought U.S were over there too much on their land. Basically, the infidels invaded their holy land.

And because we were allies with Israel.

What impact did they have?

airlines were sh

Due to the twin towers get attack by american airlines, when the government re-open the airlines, they had much tougher security. So people couldn't hijack more planes. National land marks and monuments were closed down for a while due to potential a