Entry 10 - 11/3/25 - Lewis and Clark Expedition Documentary.

  • Record 15 facts you learned from the documentary as your daily entry.


Entry 11 - 11/4/25 - Lewis and Clark Expedition Documentary (continued).

  • Record 5 more facts you learned from the documentary as your daily entry.


11/5/25 - Lewis and Clark WebQuest.

  • Complete on a separate sheet of paper and hand-in.

11/6/25 - The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

The War of 1812: The British burn the Whitehouse and Capital Building - 1814.

Entry 12 - 11/7/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 6 pg. 228

  1. What was The Non-Intercourse Act? Define War Hawks, nationalism.

  2. Who was Tecumseh? Why did he resist?

  3. What was the result of the U.S.’s attempts to attack Canada?

  4. Record five facts from:

The War of 1812 - Crash Course US History #11

Then watch:

How "The Star-Spangled Banner" Became the National Anthem

Entry 13 - 11/10/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 6 pg. 231

  1. What did Oliver Perry do during the War of 1812? Why was his victory on Lake Erie important to the Americans?

  2. When the Napoleonic Wars ended, how did Britain plan to defeat the Americans? What was the result of their attack on Washington D.C.? What was the result of the Battle of Lake Champlain?

  3. Who led the defense of the Battle of New Orleans? Why were the Americans so successful?

  4. What was the Treaty of Ghent? What effect did the War of 1812 have on America both oversees and at home?

  5. What did Britain and America agree to four years after the Treaty of Ghent at the Convention of 1818?

Entry 14 - 11/11/25 - Veterans Day

What does being a veteran mean to you?

Using online resources answer the following questions:

  1. What is the difference between Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day?

  2. What are the branches of the U.S. Military? What are the missions and responsibilities of each?

  3. What is the National Guard?

  4. Today, What percentage of U.S. Military members are volunteers? About what percentage of U.S. citizens are veterans?

The history of Veteran’s Day.

Veteran’s Day by the numbers (2016).

A Veteran’s Day message (2018).


11/12/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 7 pg. 238.


Entry 15 - 11/13/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 7 pg. 251

  1. What was the cotton gin? What effect did it have on slavery in America?

  2. Define planter, yeoman farmer, slave code.

  3. Identify task system, gang system, Frederick Douglass, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner.

  4. Why did industry lag in the south compared to the north?

    The Cotton Gin

    Slavery - Crash Course History

Entry 16 - 11/14/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 7 pg. 257

The Missouri Compromise

  1. Why did Missouri’s application for statehood raise tensions to the boiling point? What effect would it have on the U.S. Senate?

  2. What action preserved the balance in the senate? What did this legislation become known as?

  3. How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the future expansion of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase Territory?

Then: Complete the Election of 1824 WebQuest on a separate sheet of paper and hand in.

Entry 17 - 11/17/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 8 pg. 266

  1. Beginning in the early 1800s and continuing through Andrew Jackson’s presidency, how did the nation’s political system become more democratic?

  2. Between the election of 1824 and the election of 1828, how did the percentage of eligible voters that voted and the overall total number of voters change? Why did this happen?

  3. Define spoils system, caucus system, secede, and nullification. What was the Force Bill?

  4. What was the Indian Removal Act? What was the Trail of Tears?

Entry 18 - 11/18/25 - Trail of Tears

  1. Record fifteen facts from the following documentary:

    PBS We Shall Remain - The Trail of Tears

11/19/25 - Ol’ Blue - Read Ch. 8 section 3 (pg. 278) and Ch. 8 section 4 (pg. 284)

Entry 19 - 11/20/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 9 pg. 294

  1. Define Manifest Destiny, squatter, overlander,

  2. What two inventions made it easier to farm the frontier?

  3. Who were Kit Karson and Jim Bridger? How did mountain men help to settle the west?

  4. What was the name of the main trail westward? What were names of other trails? How long did it typically take for overlanders to make the trip west?

  5. Who was Brigham Young? Why did he lead the Mormons west? Where did they settle?

Entry 20 - 11/21/25 - Ol/ Blue - Ch. 9 pg. 300

  1. Define Tejanos, empresarios, annexation. Identify Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Sam Houston, William B. Travis.

  2. Why did few Mexican citizens live north of the San Antonio de Bexar and Hidalgo areas of southern present-day Texas?

  3. What did Mexico offer to Americans and other foreign settlers if they immigrated to the area of present-day Texas? What did they require from the immigrants?

  4. Briefly describe why the Texans declared war on Mexico?

  5. How did the newly formed Republic of Texas feel about the United States? How did President Andrew Jackson respond? Why?

11/24/25 - DAILY ENTRY CHECK

  • THE ALAMO movie

11/25/25 - The Alamo movie continued.

12/3/2025 - Assignment

Alamo WebQuest

12/4/2025 - Project! - Due Monday

Texas Revolution and Alamo Project

Entry 1 - 12/8/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 9 Pg 308

  1. What was meant by the slogan, “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”?

  2. How did war break out between the US and Mexico in 1846?

  3. What was the Bear Flag Republic?

  4. How many eventual states are a part of the territory the US won during the Mexican War?

Entry 2 - 12/9/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 10 Pg 321

  1. How did the victory in the Mexican War contribute to sectional tension in the United States?

  2. How did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to solve some of the sectional problems?

  3. What is popular sovereignty?


10-1 Worksheet - in class

Entry 3 - 12/10/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 10 Pg 322

  1. What is the difference between a Conscience and Cotton Whig?

  2. Why was the Free-Soil Party formed?

  3. Identify the legislative items within the Compromise of 1850.

Entry 4 - 12/11/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 10 Pg 327

  1. How did the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin change the perception of African Americans for many Northerners?

  2. How was the Fugitive Slave Act an unfair law? (how it was enforced)

  3. Who was Harriet Tubman?

12/12/2025 - Video

The Underground Railroad

Entry 5 - 12/15/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 10 Pg 328

  1. How did the construction of a transcontinental railroad become of new element of sectional conflict?

  2. Why would the Missouri Compromise need to be repealed if a new Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?

  3. Who were the “Border Ruffians” in Kansas?

Entry 6 - 12/16/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 10 Pg 331

  1. Why did Preston Brooks attack Charles Sumner?

  2. Who was Dred Scott? (334)

  3. Why did John Brown attempt to seize the federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry? (337)




































































































































































































































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1. What does Lincoln mean by "four score and seven years ago"? Who are "our fathers"?

2. What is he saying is significant about America?

3. What specific ideas does Lincoln ask his listeners to commit themselves to at the end of his speech?



#15 - Reconstruction Success or Failure