https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw Events of the Progressive Era en-us 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC 2023-02-28 21:14:11 UTC hello@padlet.com emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070469
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The official inauguration of the Eiffel Tower was on May 15th, 1889, the opening day of the Exposition Universelle. The Eiffel Tower remained the world's highest construction until the Chrysler Building was erected in New York in 1930.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070469 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070470 Angel M
In March of 1892, Ida B. Wells, a journalist and former Memphis school teacher, started a crusade against lynching after three friends of hers were brutally murdered by a Memphis mob.

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lessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070471 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070472 Angel M
Marie was proven right: in 1898 the Curies discovered two new radioactive elements: radium named after the Latin word for ray and polonium named after Marie's home country, Poland.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070472 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070473 Elvin M
The war began on October 11, 1899, following an ultimatum from the Boers that the British should stop increasing their forces in the region. The Boers refused to grant political rights to the non-Boer settlers, known as Uitlanders, most of whom were British, or to grant civil rights to the Africans.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070473 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070474 Elvin M
Theodore Roosevelt's presidency began on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the twenty-sixth president of the United States following the assassination of President William McKinley, and ended on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt had been vice president for only 194 days when he succeeded him as president.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070474 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070475 Elvin M
The 6 British colonies of Australia became one nation on January 1, 1901. The Constitution is one of the founding documents of the Commonwealth of Australia. After many years of debate and drafting, it was approved by the British Parliament and received royal assent in July 1900.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070475 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070476 Elvin M
Roosevelt won 56.4% of the popular vote; that, along with his 18.8% popular vote margin, was the largest on record between the uncontested reelection of James Monroe in 1820 and the election of Warren G. Harding in 1920.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070476 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070477 Sarai Lopez
Description-  The Model T was introduced to the world in 1908. Henry Ford wanted the Model T to be affordable, simple to operate, and durable. The vehicle was one of the first mass production vehicles, allowing Ford to achieve his aim of manufacturing the universal car.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070477 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070478 Sarai Lopez
Description- Taft won 51.6% of the popular vote and carried most states outside of the Solid South. Taft's triumph gave Republicans their fourth straight presidential election victory.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070478 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070480 Sarai Lopez
Description-  When W.E.B. Du Bois was a college student he observed racism and it made him want to do something about it. On the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1909, 60 black and white citizens, including Du Bois, formed the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070480 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070481 Sarai Lopez
Description- The Revolution began with a call to arms on 20th November 1910 to overthrow the current ruler and dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori. Díaz was an ambitious president, keen to develop Mexico into an industrial and modernised country.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070481 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070482 Description- Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party.]]> 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070482 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070483 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070483 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070485 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070485 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070486 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070486 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070487 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070487 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070488 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070488 emorga1 https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070489 2023-02-27 21:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emorga1/7db34m2qwm5chcdw/wish/2497070489