A Night in Tuscany

A Night in Tuscany

Please join us for a wonderful evening sponsored by the Parent Guild of St. Jude's Academy. Enjoy a wonderful spaghetti dinner while being entertained by the students of St. Jude's.

Saturday February 20th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Dinner - $ 50

Wine Corkage fee - $10

(Fundraising Event)

CAT Test Results

The CAT test results have been sent home. If you have any questions regarding the results please call Mr. Sawatsky.

History Chapter 20

The Mexcican Revolution (1913)

Injustices under President Diaz

• Decisions made by small groups of rich men
• Central American tribes sent off to work as slaves
• Poor Mexicans starving while rich farmers sent their crops out of the country
• Diaz's men kept other candidates from running for president

The Mexican Revolution

• Began by Francisco Madero in San Antonio, Texas
• Joined by Pancho Villa and other rebels
• Diaz was driven out of the country
• After two years, Madero was arrested and murdered
• Victoria Huerta ruled for less than a year
• Began thirty years of civil war, assassinations, and struggle

World War I

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

• Serbia was angry because Austria had taken Bosnia
• Assassin was a Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip
• Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia

The two sides

• Central Powers
• Allied Forces

Great Britain and World War I

• Passed draft law
• Women took over men's jobs
• Hundreds of thousands of men killed and crippled

The U.S. and World War !

• US first angered by sinking of the Luistania
• US then angered by German telegram to Mexico (attempt to make a deal with Mexico)
• US joined the war on April 6, 1917

CURLING

A reminder to parents and students that the Upper School will be curling on Monday afternoon. Please BRING PHYS ED clothing to school. Students will change before lunch.