https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m en-us 2023-06-15 21:47:51 UTC 2025-10-30 16:25:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f600.png 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624876143 Definition: Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York.

Historical Context: A religion created during the Second Great Awakening, created by Joseph Smith (a sect of Christianity). ]]> 2023-06-15 21:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624876143 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624876881 Definition: Federalism is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.

Historical context: The roots of American federalism can be found in colonial times, when the idea of divided sovereign power first emerged. The thirteen colonies proclaimed their independence and freedom at the start of the Revolutionary War. ]]> 2023-06-15 21:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624876881 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624877498 Definition: The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states along with a weak central government, leaving most of the power in the hands of the states' governments.

Historical Context: The United States' first form of government from March 1781 to 1789.]]> 2023-06-15 21:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624877498 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624878642 Definition: The Second Great Awakening spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching, sparking a number of reform movements. 

Historical Context: The religious revival brought new movements such as temperance, abolition, and women's rights. ]]> 2023-06-15 21:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624878642 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624904869 Definition: The Great Compromise was created as a result of the unhappiness of some states with their lack of representation in both houses. 

Historical context: The Senate is separated into two houses, one house is the Senate which has two representatives from each state, and the House of Representatives is based on the population of the state. In the very beginning senators would elect the government officials in the House of Representatives. For every free state that was annexed into the union, there would also be a slave state that had to be annexed into the union. ]]> 2023-06-15 23:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624904869 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905073 Definition: A religious group that supported the abolishment of slavery.

Historical context: Elizabeth Harris]]> 2023-06-15 23:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905073 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905247 Definition: Individual states were allowed to invalidate laws that they deemed unconstitutional. 

Historical Context: Arkansas's attempt to nullify Brown v. Board of Education in 1957. ]]> 2023-06-15 23:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905247 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905542 Definition: People that called for the immediate end to slavery. 

Historical Context: people from northern states pre and post-civil war.]]> 2023-06-15 23:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905542 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905678 Definition: Separates the western hemisphere from Europe and warns Europe to stop colonizing the West.  

Historical context: 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, naval and air quarantine of Cuba after the Soviet Union began building missiles there.]]> 2023-06-15 23:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624905678 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624906489 Definition: Fees that people are charged when registering to vote (usually used to prevent African Americans from voting).

Historical Context: They were a way to further restrict the actions of African Americans. ]]> 2023-06-15 23:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624906489 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624906655 Definition: First ten amendments. 

Historical Context: Soldiers cannot burge into a civilian home like how they used to during the Revolution war.]]> 2023-06-15 23:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624906655 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624906997 Definition: Freedom of speech and expression. 

Historical Context: People are allowed to protest their concerns for the government and boycott and speak up about the unfairness of the government.

]]> 2023-06-15 23:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624906997 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624907275 Definition: A government agency that provided jobs, education, shelter, and housing for war refugees in the South, especially newly freed slaves, after the civil war. 

Historical Context: Established lots of schools to help the unfortunate.]]> 2023-06-15 23:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624907275 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624930551 Definition: This Amendment condemns slavery and involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment as a person being convicted of a crime.

Historical Context: The Amendment that banned slavery. ]]> 2023-06-15 23:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624930551 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624930705 Definition: The Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States". 

Historical Context: The Amendment that granted former slaves citizenship. ]]> 2023-06-15 23:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624930705 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624935841 Definition: The Amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote. 

Historical context: After the Civil War, a provision that aimed to safeguard African American men's ability to vote was incorporated into the U.S. Constitution in 1870. ]]> 2023-06-16 00:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624935841 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624955310 Definition: The rights that humans are born with and ones that can not be taken away. The rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
 
Historical Context: People cannot have their property and freedom taken away for no reason like how the king used to do.

]]> 2023-06-16 00:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624955310 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624956046 Definition: Passage in the first amendment that states the government cannot establish a state religion. 

Historical Context:
Like how the whole Great Britain had to change religions once the new king is crowned and he believes in a different religion that isn't allowed ]]> 2023-06-16 00:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624956046 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624972724 Definition: Passage in the first amendment that states people have the right to practice their religion freely. 

Historical Context: Allowed for new religions to appear and thrive. ]]> 2023-06-16 00:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624972724 483925 https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624999632 Definition: The Declaration of Independence summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence from Britain. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the Americans were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain their assistance in the war against Great Britain.

Historical Context: This 1776 document was influenced by John Lock's ideas of natural rights. ]]> 2023-06-16 01:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/483925/2jiixk6gl7badd5m/wish/2624999632