https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1 en-us 2021-09-17 02:10:42 UTC 2026-01-05 00:15:20 UTC hello@padlet.com jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747557581 The Trail of Tears occurred when tens of thousands of indigenous people were forced in a not so kind way to relocate due to gold and land.]]> 2021-09-17 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747557581 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747571099 The 13 colonies were a collection of states that once belonged to the British, but they eventually wanted their freedom from Great Britain and the American Revolutionary War began.]]> 2021-09-17 02:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747571099 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747588727 The constitution is the oldest written document that indicates the basic rights of United States citizens and identifies all aspects of our government.]]> 2021-09-17 02:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747588727 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747605943 After the United States acquired land through the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark out to explore the new land.]]> 2021-09-17 02:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747605943 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747623277 President Thomas Jefferson bought a large portion of land from Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 because 1)Napoleon needed money to fund a war and 2)Thomas Jefferson wanted control of the Mississippi River.]]> 2021-09-17 02:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747623277 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747627112 2021-09-17 03:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747627112 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747640844 Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist who is famous of his anti-slavery writtings. ]]> 2021-09-17 03:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747640844 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747647381 The Gettysburg Address is a famous speech made by President Abraham Lincoln stating that all humans were equal.]]> 2021-09-17 03:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747647381 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747658247 Harriet Tubman was the person who led slaves to freedom through the process called "The Underground Railroad."]]> 2021-09-17 03:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747658247 jhadel https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747672352 Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the U.S. and he experienced the Great Depression which led to The New Deal Coalition. ]]> 2021-09-17 03:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1747672352 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752684836 Franklin was a statesmen, diplomat, scientist and inventor who served in the Second Continental Congress, helped draft the Declaration of Independence, and helped negotiate the Treaty or Paris (1783) that ended the Revolutionary War.]]> 2021-09-20 01:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752684836 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752712005 The first constitution of the United States. Under these articles, the states remained sovereign and independent while Congress was granted the power to maintain an army, create money, and negotiate treaties and alliances. Notably, these articles did not grant Congress the ability to levy taxes or regulate commerce.]]> 2021-09-20 02:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752712005 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752745826 Texas succeeded from Mexico, fought for independence from Mexico, became its own country (The Republic of Texas), and was eventually annexed by the United States on December 29, 1845 becoming the 28th state.]]> 2021-09-20 02:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752745826 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752765924 The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that segregation laws did not violate the United States Constitution so long as the accommodations were of equal quality. This established the "separate but equal" doctrine which strengthened and validated Jim Crow laws.]]> 2021-09-20 02:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752765924 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752777533 A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln which declared that all slaves located in states that had succeeded from the Union be "forever free" and recognized as free by the United States government.]]> 2021-09-20 03:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752777533 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752797117 Amendment that prohibits the United States and its states from preventing citizens from voting on the basis of sex. This amendment gave women the right to vote. ]]> 2021-09-20 03:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752797117 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752827851 A prominent, powerful, influential banker and financier from the late 19th century/early 20th century who, during this time, had significant influence and sway over the United States financial markets and financial policies.]]> 2021-09-20 03:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752827851 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752840926 This act was a part of the Compromise of 1850 and made the United States federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.]]> 2021-09-20 03:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752840926 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752855500 A unanimous, landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that ruled that segregation in public education was unconstitutional, even if accommodations were "separate but equal".]]> 2021-09-20 03:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752855500 jellis717 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752866715 Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, the cotton gin is a machine that quickly and efficiently separated cotton fibers from their seeds. This invention made cotton production less labor intensive and, in turn, significantly more profitable.]]> 2021-09-20 03:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1752866715 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755195611 Ancient China was an advanced civilization which exhibited the ability to organize and unify a large number of people over an expansive area. As Chinese civilization evolved, a number of legendary leaders oversaw the development of a powerful military, the establishment of trading routes with the Middle East and Europe and the buildout of the Great Wall of China, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Ancient China is also responsible for a number of transformational inventions, most notably paper, gunpowder, silk and the compass. ]]> 2021-09-20 19:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755195611 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755227443 George Washington is a key figure in early United States American History. His military and political contributions are noteworthy. Washington led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and served as the first President of the United States where his leadership helped direct the country through some of its most formative years. ]]> 2021-09-20 20:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755227443 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755265438 Following the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1790, the Bill of Rights were added as the first ten amendments to the Constitution due in large part to James Madison’s leadership. These ten amendments, formally ratified in 1791, are focused on guarantees of personal freedoms and rights and limiting the power of the federal government. ]]> 2021-09-20 20:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755265438 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755352350 The Steamboat, developed in the early 1800’s, expanded riverboat travel to include the upstream transportation of people and goods. This important invention connected Midwestern communities to international trading hubs, enhanced commerce and hastened the Industrial Revolution. 

]]> 2021-09-20 21:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755352350 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755376797 A landmark Supreme Court decision in 1857, the Supreme Court ruled against an enslaved black man who sued for his freedom after his owners transported him through both slave and free states. In this case, the Supreme Court clarified that the US Constitution and its protections did not apply to people of African descent. 

]]> 2021-09-20 21:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755376797 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755397507 Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel business during the late 1800’s due to his innovations around steel manufacturing, enabling cheaper and more efficient production. Subsequent to amassing his wealth, he spent the latter years of his life devoted to philanthropy focusing on social and educational causes.

]]> 2021-09-20 21:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755397507 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755422284 As part of the New Deal, workers’ rights were addressed through the passage of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, which guaranteed private sector employees the right to organize unions. As part of this law, the National Labor Relations Board was established as an independent agency to enforce the law and the rights extended to employees. ]]> 2021-09-20 22:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755422284 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755475781 The Women’s Movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s was a social campaign to help secure equal rights and opportunities for women in addition to enhanced personal freedom. Known as the “second wave” of feminism, this movement, which is arguably still in motion, helped redefine women’s role in all areas including school, work and home and helped open up a world of opportunities not previously available.

]]> 2021-09-20 22:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755475781 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755565818 Post WWI Isolationism was a foreign policy whereby the US attempted to remain neutral with respect to foreign conflict in order to avoid being drawn into war. This policy persisted until Japan attacked US soil in December 1941 with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, permanently shifting public and political sentiment towards the other end of the spectrum.      

]]> 2021-09-20 23:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755565818 rgarton1 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755583105 As the Gilded Age unfolded subsequent to the Civil War, the US economy evolved away from agriculture and became a significant center of manufacturing activity. This explosion of manufacturing required significant human capital, resulting in Urbanization, as large numbers of people relocated from farms and rural areas to the manufacturing hubs of the larger cities. ]]> 2021-09-20 23:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1755583105 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1756203982 After the Civil War, big business began to thrive, which meant that small scale farm work would transition to work in factories, railroads, mining. Industrialization would also couple with economic growth and change, as many people were being pulled from rural settings to more urbanized areas. ]]> 2021-09-21 05:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1756203982 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1756219347 Author of Uncle Toms Cabin, Stowe brought to light many of the atrocities that enslaved African people were suffering, thus her writings helped many people to realize that slaves are human and should not be property. ]]> 2021-09-21 06:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1756219347 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758634385 On March 28, 1830 the US Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. Under this act, threatened and weary Native American tribes were promised new land under the protection of the US government if they gave up the majority of their homelands.  Relocation of the tribes "freed" millions of acres of southern farmland for white settlers (aka voters).]]> 2021-09-22 00:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758634385 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758646377 Passed in 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. The amendment expanded upon the Emancipation Proclamation by ending slavery in all US territories- present and future.]]> 2021-09-22 00:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758646377 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758677395 Widely known for his heavily abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, Garrison was an influential figure in the fight against slavery and publishing the newspaper until the 13th amendment was established. ]]> 2021-09-22 00:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758677395 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758683714 Signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt, this act looked to provide economic security for the increasing number of elderly Americans. This act resulted in the creation of social security cards and medicare.]]> 2021-09-22 00:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758683714 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758689309 The 15th amendment prohibits government at federal and state level from denying a person access to the right to vote based on their race. Ratified on February 3rd of 1870, this gave free African American men their right to vote. ]]> 2021-09-22 01:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758689309 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758706823 Enraged by the Vietnam war, college students began anti-war marches and protests. This snowballed into a widespread movement that led to an increased disapproval of the war as well as decreased confidence in the US government.]]> 2021-09-22 01:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758706823 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758737047 In the late 1800s, increased opportunities due to industrialization and urbanization results in a second immigration boom, with the majority of immigrants coming from Europe.  The influx of newcomers diversifies American culture.]]> 2021-09-22 01:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758737047 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758767440 The Egyptian empire lasted for thousands of years and notably propelled the development of written language (with the development of an early alphabet and papyrus) as well as mathematical measurements of time and space.  ]]> 2021-09-22 01:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758767440 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758814752 King George III adamantly pushed for increased British control over the "disloyal" Americans.  The instability of Parliament and his refusals to communicate or negotiate contributed to the occurrence of the American Revolution.]]> 2021-09-22 02:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758814752 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758853846 The second World War put Americans in motion.  Increased need for military personnel and supplies had resulted in increased employment and streamlining of mass production.  When the war ended, returning veterans and the end of rationing drove sales up rapidly (especially for homes and cars).]]> 2021-09-22 02:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758853846 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758876103 The steam locomotive increased the speed in which goods (and people) could be transported across the US.  Increased speed meant- increased amounts of goods, increased jobs, decreased transportation costs, decreased reliance on waterways, and increased market expansion.]]> 2021-09-22 02:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758876103 cworrell3 https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758914320 Political parties emerged during the election of 1796. Two main differing views of the Constitution resulted in the creation of the Federalists (more conservative and in favor of a central government) and the Democratic-Republicans (in favor of state's rights that were more encompassing of "ordinary" people).]]> 2021-09-22 03:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1758914320 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759084185 Following the civil war, robber barons were men who amassed great wealth due to economic growth and industrialization that occurred during the Gilded Age. Robber barons were known to hold a great amount of the nations wealth while also mistreating and underpaying their workforce, which is a situation not unlikely to occur in today's society. ]]> 2021-09-22 05:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759084185 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759106382 Hero of the Mexican-American War, Davis served as the president of the Confederate states during the Civil War and spent two years in jail after the war came to a close. Davis did not have a political career after the war and lived a quiet life until he passed in 1889. ]]> 2021-09-22 05:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759106382 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759120533 Not only were women running homesteads during the civil war, but women were also in battle as soldiers, nurses, aids, and more. This change in the dynamics of a woman's role helped promote further push for women's right to vote, and further aided in women's fight for equality. ]]> 2021-09-22 05:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759120533 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759135725 During the 1950s and 1960s, Black men and women took a stand against segregation, fighting to end the idea of being "separate but equal", and request that society treat all people equally regardless of their ethnicity. ]]> 2021-09-22 05:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759135725 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759151199 Aiming to create jobs and end unemployment for millions of Americans, the WPA would build dams, bridges, highways, public buildings and more. Later, the Social Security Act would create a pension for these workers when they retired, and both helped build Americans' wealth during a struggling economy. ]]> 2021-09-22 06:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759151199 lbruingt https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759179657 With a lot of land and not enough labor to work it, early settlers began to look beyond indentured servitude to fill their labor needs. In the early 1600s, a Dutch ship filled with captured African slaves proved to be the solution to agricultural labor shortages, but cruel treatment of slaves and the inhumanity of trade in it's entirety effects today's society, centuries later. ]]> 2021-09-22 06:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jhadel/dw8ma0yv8qro17o1/wish/1759179657