https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda By: Anna Nguyen, Elizabeth Shoykhet, Olivia Christ, Garrett Bedard. en-us 2021-03-18 19:21:13 UTC 2025-12-31 17:35:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 2132303 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1327331158 2021-03-18 19:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1327331158 2132303 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1341077231 In 1926, a national trade center called the Trades Union Congress tried to force the British government to not reduce the regular payment for coal miners. Many citizens were enraged because of the news which sparked many protests as seen in the photo above. Unfortunately, they failed to prevent the government to lower the average pay for coal miners due to the leaders of the trade center who did not support the strike and led the workers into failing. 

]]> 2021-03-23 03:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1341077231 2132303 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1347857615 The Great Depression was a huge reason why England was economically failing during the 1930s. The stock market crash and the gold standard were two of the many causes of the great depression. It originated from the U.S. and spread throughout the whole world reaching England which caused financial problems and many people to get unemployed.]]> 2021-03-24 13:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1347857615 2132303 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1347960865 The Influenza Pandemic was a pandemic that took millions of lives worldwide. It first hit England when soldiers that were fighting in WWI came back from France, which was where the Influenza spread to. 228,000 people have died in England in a single year due to the pandemic. More people have died from the pandemic than from WWI.]]> 2021-03-24 13:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1347960865 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349514374 German involvement in the Spanish Civil War commenced with the outbreak of war in July 1936, with Adolf Hitler immediately sending in powerful air and armored units to assist General Francisco Franco and his Nationalist forces.]]> 2021-03-24 18:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349514374 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349527849 World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.]]> 2021-03-24 18:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349527849 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349555518 2021-03-24 18:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349555518 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349607974 The Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris at the end of World War I, codified peace terms between the victorious Allies and Germany. The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.]]> 2021-03-24 18:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349607974 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349621696 The Dawes Plan of 1924 devised by a banker from the United States called Charles G. Dawes was an agreement between the Allies and Germany. The basic idea behind the plan was to make it easier for Germany to pay reparations and had two key parts.]]> 2021-03-24 18:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349621696 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349644272 The American photographer Lewis Hine is perhaps most famous for his compelling images of child labor across the United States in the early 20th century. In 1918, Hine was hired by the American Red Cross to document their work in Europe, as they provided aid to wounded soldiers and refugees affected by World War I.]]> 2021-03-24 18:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349644272 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349669743 The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of a new era for all countries involved, defined by the decline of all European colonial empires and simultaneous rise of two superpowers: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (USA). ]]> 2021-03-24 19:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349669743 2229690 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349699350 The end of the first war after four years, which Britain and it’s allies won (beginning the interwar period), and a major advance in women’s suffrage.  They declared war on Germany. Their main reason for this war is 

]]> 2021-03-24 19:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349699350 2218714 https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349781952 March 8 – Vietnam War: Some 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam. ... In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.]]> 2021-03-24 19:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2132303/8cb9imionhsawlda/wish/1349781952