https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj en-us 2023-03-21 13:28:52 UTC 2023-03-23 13:51:04 UTC hello@padlet.com cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527142290 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared that all people born in the United States were citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude."]]> 2023-03-22 13:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527142290 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527143281 During the Industrial Revolution, for working-class people a low level of pay was received. As a result, women often worked in the factories and mines in order to help pay for the family's cost of living.]]> 2023-03-22 13:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527143281 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527143842 Built between 1863 and 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad went from coast to coast. Instead of taking months, travel was made in days. In addition to people, things like mail, supplies, and trade goods could now be shipped across the country in just a few days.]]> 2023-03-22 13:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527143842 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527145427 The stock market crash of 1929, also called the Great Crash, was a sharp decline in the U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s.]]> 2023-03-22 13:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527145427 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527145688 As a part of his New Deal, President Roosevelt set the first minimum wage to protect workers during the Great Depression. It was set to $0.25/hour.]]> 2023-03-22 13:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527145688 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527146139 The New Deal was a system of projects and policies passed by Roosevelt to relieve social and economic downturn for U.S citizens (caused by the Great Depression). Social Security, the minimum wage, the FCC, and the FDIC are some of the most notable New Deal programs still in effect today.]]> 2023-03-22 13:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527146139 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527146797 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbid discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing.]]> 2023-03-22 13:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527146797 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527147123 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.]]> 2023-03-22 13:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527147123 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527147509 The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 gave the Federal Government the authority to set and enforce safety and health standards for most of the country's workers.]]> 2023-03-22 13:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527147509 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527147852 Because of Covid, the unemployment rate jumped in April 2020 to a level not seen since the 1930s. Unemployment stood at 4.9 percent in October 2021, compared with 3.5 percent in February 2020. That unemployment rate understated job losses. There were still 4.2 million fewer jobs in October 2021 than in February 2020.]]> 2023-03-22 13:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527147852 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527152081 In 1794, U.S. inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America's leading export.]]> 2023-03-22 13:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527152081 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527153015 2023-03-22 13:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527153015 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527154602 2023-03-22 13:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527154602 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527155071 2023-03-22 13:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527155071 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527155682 2023-03-22 13:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527155682 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527155982 2023-03-22 13:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527155982 cduk0887 https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527156373 2023-03-22 13:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cduk0887/1pyvkjv37iu1ksnj/wish/2527156373