https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp CP English III en-us 2017-12-19 16:55:44 UTC 2025-06-22 14:25:02 UTC hello@padlet.com renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217303520 July 24, 1950. White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and Cape Canaveral, Florida. The V-2 rocket and WAC Corporal made the first two stage rocket firing a success. We were now able to reach unattainable altitudes. This rocket greatly increased the possibility of upper atmosphere research.]]> 2017-12-19 16:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217303520 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217307501 From 1881 to 1914, Teddy Roosevelt and Philippe Bunau-Varilla signed the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty, which granted the United States permission to build a canal through Panama. The canal made intercontinental travel by sea much faster as ships did now have to go around the entire continent of South America. The time to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific was reduced by weeks.]]> 2017-12-19 17:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217307501 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217310312 In 1931, the Empire State building was finally completed. At 1,232 feet, it was the highest man made structure in the United States. The Empire State was initially equipped with a mooring mass, used for the docking of airships.]]> 2017-12-19 17:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217310312 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217376760 In early 1939, it was discovered that German physicists had learned about splitting the uranium atom, and the outcome was on everyone's mind. Albert Einstein fled the Nazi regime and urged that president Roosevelt must know about the potential nuclear crisis. America began to design and build an atomic bomb - this obtained the title; The Manhattan Project.]]> 2017-12-19 20:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217376760 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217378527 It was the final stages of World War II, the United States dropped two nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This resulted in the surrender of Japan.]]> 2017-12-19 21:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217378527 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217380474 July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin both land on the moon at 20:18 UCT. Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21. Aldrin then joined him on the surface around 20 minutes later.]]> 2017-12-19 21:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217380474 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217383835 July 27, 2015. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage being illegal is unconstitutional. Which effectively brought marriage equality to all 50 states.]]> 2017-12-19 21:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217383835 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217384867 November 4, 2008. Barack Obama defeated Republican nominee, Senator John McCain. Making Obama the first African American elected President.]]> 2017-12-19 21:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217384867 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217386143 September 11, 2001. Terrorist group Al Qaeda led the attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. Killing 2,996 people and wounding over 6,000. This led to America coming together to heal the wounded, clean the streets and heal the hearts broken. This also resulted the invasion of Afghanistan Operation issued by president George W. Bush.]]> 2017-12-19 21:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217386143 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217389350 April 24, 1990. The Hubble Telescope was finally launched into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. ]]> 2017-12-19 22:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217389350 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217389597 March 3, 1991. The Los Angeles Police Department officers stopped a car after a high-speed car chase on the Foothill Freeway. The officers brutally beat Rodney King for several minutes while another officer filmed. Resulting in violent riots all over Los Angeles, protesting police brutality toward African Americans.]]> 2017-12-19 22:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217389597 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217391884 July 2, 1776. The founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, they voted unanimously to declare the independence of the thirteen United States ofAmerica. Two days later, on July 4, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.]]> 2017-12-19 22:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217391884 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217472942 Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide ban on all production, importation, transportation, and sale of all alcoholic beverages. This led to illegal taverns and tons of arrests and protests.]]> 2017-12-20 12:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217472942 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217474493 The American Revolution was a revolt of the colonials that lasted almost two decades. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America.]]> 2017-12-20 12:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217474493 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217475260 July 1–3, 1863. In the Civil War, The Battle of Gettysburg was being fought between the Union and the Confederate Army in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Americas Bloodiest Battle.]]> 2017-12-20 13:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217475260 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217475969 March 1, 1872. Yellowstone National park was established by the National Parks Service. The park is nearly 3,500-sq miles of wilderness recreation area on the top of a volcanic hotspot. The park is mostly in Wyoming, parts spread into Montana and Idaho as well.]]> 2017-12-20 13:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217475969 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217477569 April 30, 1803. The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed in Paris. Handing over a massive amount of land to the U.S., doubling the size of the United States.]]> 2017-12-20 13:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217477569 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217478986 Jun 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was one the most important peace treaties in history. It brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers and also placed all blame of the start of the war on Germany.]]> 2017-12-20 13:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217478986 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217480056 June 19, 1903. The Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford. Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a Detroit suburb.

]]> 2017-12-20 13:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217480056 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217481420 The states of Colorado and Washington finally voted to legalized the recreational use and sale of marijuana for adults 21 years of age or older.]]> 2017-12-20 13:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217481420 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217482418 President Barack Obama initiates the U.S. Navy SEAL's to take down terrorist group Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.]]> 2017-12-20 13:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217482418 renee_allen1 https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217485710 October 24, 1945, San Francisco, California. The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order between international states. ]]> 2017-12-20 13:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/renee_allen1/fgowe6gmptlp/wish/217485710