My shiny padlet by Lauren Whitehurst https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo Made with a curious mind en-us 2016-09-05 16:10:24 UTC 2025-11-20 21:01:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Enlightenment- the action of enlightening, the state of being enlightened. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121614669 European intellectual movement in the late 17/18 centuries emphasizing indivulalism and reason. ]]> 2016-09-05 16:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121614669 Separation of Powers- an act of vesting the executive, legislative and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121614992
The first three articles of the U.S constitution call for the federal government to be divided in three branches; executive, legislative and judicial. ]]> 2016-09-05 16:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121614992 French and Indian War- a series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121615408 The French and Indian War the American phase of the Seven Years' War, which was underway in Europe. ]]> 2016-09-05 16:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121615408 Sons of Liberty- organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American colonies. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121615691 The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.]]> 2016-09-05 16:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121615691 American Revolution- political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American colonies rejected British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121616021 The was between American colonies and Great Britain leading to the formation to the independent United States. ]]> 2016-09-05 16:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121616021 Declaration of Independence- the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121616538 Fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation adopted on July 4, 1776 ]]> 2016-09-05 16:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121616538 Natural Rights- rights that people supposedly have under natural law. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121616863
D.O.I of the United States lists life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as natural rights. ]]> 2016-09-05 16:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121616863 Articles of Confederation- original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781 which replaced the U.S constitution in 1789.   laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121617074 Agreement between the original thirteen states that provided loose federal government before the present constitution went into affect.  ]]> 2016-09-05 16:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121617074 The Great Compromise- (Connecticut compromise) an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.  laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121617662 Defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

]]> 2016-09-05 17:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121617662 Federalists- an advocate or supporter of federalism. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121618322 A member of a major political party in the early years of the U.S that wanted a strong central government.  ]]> 2016-09-05 17:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121618322 Anti-Federalists- a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121618860 People who allied against Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal government. 

]]> 2016-09-05 17:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121618860 Federalism- federal principle or system of government. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121619200 The U.S government functions according to the principles of federalism.

]]> 2016-09-05 17:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121619200 Bill Of Rights- first ten amendments to the U.S Constitution, ratified in 1791. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121619840
Provides specific freedoms to citizens and limit power of the government. ]]> 2016-09-05 17:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121619840 Free Exercise Clause- refers to the section of the first amendment; Congress shall not make no law respecting the establishment of religion. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121620254 Pertains to the right of freely exercising ones' religion and no law can prohibit that assisting all citizens during these revolutions. ]]> 2016-09-05 17:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121620254 Establishment Clause - clause in the First Amendment of the U.S constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121620683
This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion but also forbids favoring one. ]]> 2016-09-05 17:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121620683 Judicial Review- review of the U.S supreme court of the Constitutional validity of legislative act. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121620931 Supreme court can exercise this power for example, revoke state laws that deny civil rights guaranteed by the constitution.  ]]> 2016-09-05 17:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121620931 Louisiana Purchase- purchase by the U.S from France in 1803. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621241 Thomas Jefferson ordered the purchase negotiations fearing the French then led by Napoleon wanted to establish empire in North America. ]]> 2016-09-05 17:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621241 Monroe Doctrine- principle of U.S policy, originated by president James Monroe in 1823 that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621427
European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.]]> 2016-09-05 17:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621427 laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621677 Trail of Tears- Andrew Jackson's removal policy, Cherokee nation was forced to give up their land east of the Mississippi River. 

The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears" due to its devastating effects.

]]> 2016-09-05 18:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621677 Mormons- member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day saints, religion founded in the U.S in 1830 by Joseph Smith. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621967 These Americans live sacred lives following direct beliefs from the  book of Mormon. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121621967 Manifest Destiny- 19th century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the U.S throughout the American Continents. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622312 The U.S was destined by God, some said to expand across North America to the Pacific Ocean. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622312 Second Great Awakening - protestant religious revival movement during the 19th century in the U.S, begun in 1790.' laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622571 Gained momentum by 1800 and after membership rose rapidly among Baptists and Methodists congregations. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622571 Abolition- the act or action of abolishing system, practice or institution. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622765
Abolition played a major role during the slavery era involving those who knew it was wrong and tried to put an end to it. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622765 Emancipation Proclamation- executive order issued in January 1, 1863 by president Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the U.S not then under Union Control. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622941  Freeing all slaves within the Confederacy changing so many lives, and better yet stirring the pot of anger for others. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121622941 Reconstruction- after the civil war in which states formally part of the confederacy were brought back into the U.S. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121623444 South was divided into military districts of the supervisions of elections to set up new state governments. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121623444 13th Amendment- abolished slavery in the U.S and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime". laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121623603 This amendment help end this great crime of slavery and assisted those who were trying to find their way around this new amendment.

]]> 2016-09-05 18:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121623603 14th Amendment - amendment defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to forbid the basic rights of citizens of other persons. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121623846
This amendment was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121623846 15th Amendment- U.S constitution forbids the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624057
This amendment also assisted former slaves or people of color that are being racially discriminated against. ]]> 2016-09-05 18:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624057 Freedman's Bureau - federal government agency established in 1865 to aid Freedman (freed slaves) in the South during Reconstruction era of the U.S which attempted to change society. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624349 Assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, jobs, fair treatment and education.

]]> 2016-09-05 18:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624349 Poll Tax- tax levied on every adult without reference to income or resources. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624762 Constitution extended the voted to blacks in 1870 however many southern states instituted poll tax to prevent this.]]> 2016-09-05 18:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624762 Jim Crow- formed local state of laws enforcing racial segregation. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624963
Made sure to divide the people of color at all times no matter the location or action taking place. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624963 Lord Baltimore - first person to dream of a colony in America where Catholics and protestants could live and prosper together. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624978 He achieved domestic and political success as a member of the Parliament. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624978 John Locke-philosopher and physician and one of the most well known influential enlightenment thinkers and known as the father of Liberalism. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624992
He supported the claim that all men were created equal and free. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121624992 Thomas Jefferson- was an American founding father and principle author of the D.O.I, he was elected the 2nd vice president then elected third president of the U.S. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625001 His contribution shaped the ways of the U.S constitution and helped paved the way to our new nation. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625001 John Marshall- fourth chief of justice for the supreme court of the U.S. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625033
Many say his court opinions help lay the basis for the U.S constitutional law. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625033 Harriet Tubman- famous for helping slaves escape through the underground railroad and will forever be known as a brave and courageous woman. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625055 Soon to take the of the twenty dollar bill Tubman will go down in history for all her assistance of helping free over a hundred slaves]]> 2016-09-05 19:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625055 Abraham Lincoln - was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16 president. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625072 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which helped many escape the nightmare of slavery. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625072 Dred Scott vs. Stanford- court issue that was brought about to decide if one was free or not which Dred Scott indeed lose and didn't win his freedom. laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625097
This proved even with all these new laws and amendments some still couldn't beat the mindset of the negative. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625097 Plessy vs. Ferguson- landmark constitutional court case of the Supreme Court which dealt with the issue "separate but equal". laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625111
The backlash was not as positive as some wanted it to be and just led to more issues. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625111 James Madison- political theorist, American Statesmen and fourth president of the U.S laurenwhitehurst24 https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625622 Madison made a major contribution of the Constitution and by writing the Federalists papers. ]]> 2016-09-05 19:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenwhitehurst24/6pm7n0756reo/wish/121625622