The Start to a Strong World by Keelan Engstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp Made with a bold sensibility- with Yera Manayev en-us 2020-05-28 05:16:12 UTC 2020-06-06 06:52:16 UTC hello@padlet.com March 1946 Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598452395 The speech is one of the opening volleys announcing the beginning of the Cold War, condemning the policies placed by the Soviet Union in Europe. The point of the speech was to achieving a closer relationship between the U.S and Britain. ]]> 2020-05-28 06:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598452395 1945 Creation of the United Nations- What is the United Nations? What is its purpose? kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598453099 An international organization of 50+ countries founded in 1945, replacing the League of Nations. It establishes international security, law, economy development, and human rights issues. ]]> 2020-05-28 06:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598453099 1948 Marshall Plan- What is the Marshall Plan? kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598453614 A program to provide European countries with aid, restoring their economy and build a relationship. The U.S set aside 15 billion to help build the continent back up after the devastation. ]]> 2020-05-28 06:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598453614 1949 Communist Revolution in China kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598453964 A conflict led by the chairman and communist party that ended in the official announcement of the People's Republic of China. The result ending in the communist victory over the mainland of China. ]]> 2020-05-28 06:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598453964 1949 NATO- What was the purpose of this organization? kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598454449 NATO was the first military alliance the U.S had out in the Western Hemisphere. Serving the purpose of protection against the Soviets taking full control.]]> 2020-05-28 06:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598454449 June 1950- July 1953 Korean War kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598468045 A war begun by North Korea invading South Korea. It was referred to as the "Forgotten War" because compared to the casualties in the World Wars, Korea was not as closely recognized.]]> 2020-05-28 06:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598468045 June 1948 Berlin Blockade kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598472074 First international crisis in the Cold War, by Russia in occupied Germany. The Soviet Union block all paths of transportation to gain control over the Western Allies. ]]> 2020-05-28 06:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598472074 Brown v. Board of Education 1954 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598472947 A Supreme Court case establishing state laws ruling public school segregation unconstitutional. Now being the turning point in history of separating races. ]]> 2020-05-28 07:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598472947 Montgomery bus Boycott 1955-1956 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598473159 A large scale protest about segregation on public transport in Alabama. A highly influenced event in the Civil Rights Movement. ]]> 2020-05-28 07:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/598473159 Suez Crisis 1956 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/605174990 The second Arab and Israeli War started by Isreal invading Egypt and followed by the UK and France. The Europeans feared that the Egyptial president would cut off canal transport to Europe.]]> 2020-06-01 16:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/605174990 1957 Sputnik ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/612521337 Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957.]]> 2020-06-05 08:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/612521337 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 1957- What is this group? kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613373615 A group of civil rights leader and ministers gathered to discuss a plan of action to end segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. was appointed president for non-violent tactics ]]> 2020-06-05 16:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613373615 1961 Bay of Pigs kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613385348 An invasion in the Bay of Pigs of Cuba of trained Cuban refugees, lands in Cuba and attempts to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro. The invasion was a failure and organized by the U.S CIA. ]]> 2020-06-05 17:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613385348 Freedom Riders Began in 1961 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613385575 Groups of civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated Southern states. Supreme Court came to decision that segregated buses were not constitutional. ]]> 2020-06-05 17:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613385575 1961 Berlin Wall Built kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613385845 A concrete wall separating the communist controlled East and the prosperous West Germany who was aided by Britain and the U.S during the Cold War. As many as 2000 east Germans were fleeing to the west. ]]> 2020-06-05 17:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613385845 1961-1975 Vietnam War kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613431566 A resistance war in Vietnam against America. The U.S withdrew its forces and Vietnam was united under communist control. ]]> 2020-06-05 17:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613431566 Czechoslovakian Uprising April 17, 1969 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613815665 Troops from Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Poland invaded Czechoslovakia The Czechoslovakian gov. declared that an "invasion was a violation of socialists principals, international law, and the united nations charter." 

]]> 2020-06-05 23:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613815665 De-Stalinization 1956 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613818746 A political reform launched Nikita Khrushchev, condemning the crimes committed by his predecessor, Joseph Stalin. Revealing the truth about Stalin and his flawed leadership. ]]> 2020-06-06 00:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613818746 The Space Race 1955-1975 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613821105 A 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to achieve spaceflight. The sputnik was the cause of the competitiveness, being the first man-made object to be sent into space.]]> 2020-06-06 00:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613821105 Hungarian Revolution of 1956 kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613824053 A revolution against the people's republic and soviet-policies. This is when the realization that communism and living by Stalin's ways was not fit for a nation. ]]> 2020-06-06 00:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613824053 Geneva Accords kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613825571 Agreements relating to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, signed on 14 April 1988 between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the United States and the Soviet Union. The U.S and the Soviets would take responsibility for the debt, but the agreements were not accepted by Afghan resistance.]]> 2020-06-06 00:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613825571 Roe v. Wade 1973 ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613943564 In 1970, Jane Roe (not her real name) filed a lawsuit against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas. She resided, challenging a Texas law making abortion illegal except by a doctor’s orders to save a woman’s life. Roe argued that the state laws were unconstitutionally vague and abridged her rights]]> 2020-06-06 05:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613943564 1969 “Red Power” occupation of Alcatraz ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613943828 The Occupation of Alcatraz  was a 19-month long protest where Native Americans and people who supported them occupied Alcatraz Island. The protest was led by Richard Oakes and LaNada Means. John Trudell was the spokesman. They lived on the island together until the protest was forcibly ended by the government.]]> 2020-06-06 05:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613943828 1972-1974 Watergate ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613943909 The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the U.S. involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon, fecause of that Nixon was resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continuous attempts to cover up its involvement failed break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the D.C. Watergate Office Building.]]> 2020-06-06 05:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613943909 1962 Creation of the United Farm Workers (UFW)- What is the UFW? ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945039 U.S. labour union founded in 1962 by the labour leaders and activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. 
The UFW seeks to empower migrant farmworkers and improve their wages and working conditions.
]]> 2020-06-06 05:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945039 1948 Marshall Plan- What is the Marshall Plan? ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945100 It is also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. The Marshall Plan was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent.]]> 2020-06-06 05:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945100 1963 Assassination of JFK- Who assassinated him? ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945143 John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, while riding in a presidential motorcade. He was fatally shot by former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald firing in ambush from a nearby building. The motorcade rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the shooting.]]> 2020-06-06 05:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945143 Title IX of the Educational Amendments passed 1972- What did Title IX do? ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945183 Title IX is a federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."]]> 2020-06-06 05:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945183 1968 Tet Offensive ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945238 The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and  North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam and the United States Armed Forces and their allies.]]> 2020-06-06 05:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945238 March on Washington 1963 ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945281 The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when about 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.]]> 2020-06-06 05:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945281 1969 Stonewall Riots- What did this event cause to happen? ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945323 The Stonewall riots were a series of violent demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. They are widely considered to be the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.]]> 2020-06-06 05:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945323 Civil Rights Act of 1964 ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945362 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations.]]> 2020-06-06 05:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945362 Publication of the Feminine Mystique 1963- What did this publication led to? ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945399 The Feminine Mystique is regarded as one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century, and is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States.]]> 2020-06-06 05:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945399 August 9, 1974 Resignation of Richard Nixon ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945439 By late 1973, the Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. In August of 1974 he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office which was the only time an American president has done so.]]> 2020-06-06 05:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945439 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945474 The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred when leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.]]> 2020-06-06 05:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945474 Voting Rights Acts of 1965 ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945524 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.]]> 2020-06-06 05:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613945524 June 1: Ted Turner establishes CNN kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613964968 The first 24 hour television new makes a debut. Staring with a story about an attempted assassination on a civil rights leader, Vernon Jordan. ]]> 2020-06-06 06:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613964968 January: Rubik's Cube debuts at the International Toy Fair ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613966200 Rubik’s Cube received the UK Toy of the Year award, and in the first 3 years of its release it sold 100 million toys. The cube today has sold over 3 times that, making it the best-selling toy of all time.]]> 2020-06-06 06:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613966200 April 23: U.S. rescue attempt to save hostage in Tehran fails ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613966776 President Jimmy Carter ordered the military mission as a last attempt to save hostages. During the operation, three of eight helicopters failed, crippling the crucial airborne plans. The mission was then canceled at the staging area in Iran, but during the withdrawal one of the retreating helicopters collided with one of six C-130 transport planes, killing eight service members and injuring five. The next day, Carter gave a press conference in which he took full responsibility for the tragedy. The hostages were not released for another 270 days.]]> 2020-06-06 06:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613966776 May 18: Mount St. Helens erupts ymanayev https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613967241 Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption in April 1980, killing 57 people and destroying 210 square miles of wilderness.]]> 2020-06-06 06:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613967241 PAC Man game kengstrand https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613968064 An arcade game came out in Japan on May 21, 1980, and by October of that year it was released in the United States. A yellow character is chased by ghost through a maze, with world records being set everyday. ]]> 2020-06-06 06:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kengstrand/2am6b8zzh1zalyyp/wish/613968064