HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT NAVAL SCIENCE 2/3

1ST QUARTER 2009/2010

2 SEP 09 WELCOME BACK/TEXTBOOK ISSUE/FORMS HAND OUT/UNIFORM ISSUE

9 SEP   READ CHAPTER ONE (SEAPOWER AND EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION) PAGES 3 TO 10.  DO QUESTIONS 1-10 ON PAGE 10.

DISCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING WARS/BATTLES;  1200 B.C-TROJAN WAR, 480 B.C-BATTLE OF SALMIS, 31 B.C.-BATTLE OF ACTIUM, 1571-BATTLE OF LEPANTO, 1588-SPANISH ARMADA DEFEATED, 1756-63 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

19 SEP READ CHAPTER TWO (THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION) PAGES 12 TO 19.  DO QUESTIONS 1-10 ON PAGE 19.  DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING:  1775-LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, 13 OCT 1775-CONGRESS ESTABLISHES A NAVY, 11-13 OCT 1776-BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 17 OCT 1777-BURGOYNE SURRENDERS AT SARATOGA,

6 FEB 1778-FRANCE ALLIES WITH AMERICA, 23 SEP 1779 JOHN PAUL JONES DEFEATS SERAPIS, 12 MAY 1780 CHARLESTON SURRENDERS, 9-19 OCT 1781-BATTLE YORKTOWN.

23 SEP READ CHAPTER TWO.  DO THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WORDS ON PAGE 19:  IMPRESSMENT, ARTILLERY, DESERTION, DELGATION, REINFORCEMENTS, GRENADE, TOPSIDE, WEATHER DECKS, BROADSIDE AND GARRISON.

30 SEP READ CHAPTER THREE (GROWTH OF AMERICAN SEAPOWER 1783-1860) PAGES 20-38.  DO QUESTIONS 1-10 ON PAGE 38.  DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:  SLAVE TRADE, ARTICLES OF CONFERATION, U.S. CONSTITUTION, NAVY ACT, QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE, BARBARY WAR, WAR OF 1812, BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, WASHINGTON BURNED.

07 OCT READ CHAPTER THREE.  DO QUESTIONS 20-30 ON PAGE 38.  DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:  BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, BALTIMORE ATTACKED, TREATY OF GRENT, BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, MEXICAN WAR, CLIPPER SHIPS AND TREATY OF KANAGAWA WITH JAPAN.

14 OCT READ CHAPTER FOUR (THE CIVIL WAR), PAGES  40-55.  DO QUESTIONS 1-10 ON PAGE 55-56.  COMPARE NORTH AND SOUTH IN 1860.

WHAT EVENTS HAPPENED IN 1860 THAT LEAD TO THE CIVIL WAR (AT LEAST TWO)?  WHAT WAS THE NAVY'S MAIN ROLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR?

21 OCT READ CHAPTER FOUR.  DO QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 PAGE 56.

28 OCT   1^ST QUARTER FINAL EXAM