https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f en-us 2021-10-28 04:59:33 UTC 2025-05-05 22:13:30 UTC hello@padlet.com skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850397221 In the year 1838, 16,000 Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land. Over 4,000 of these Indians died of disease, famine, and warfare. The Indian tribe was called the Cherokee and we call this event the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears happened when Hernando De Soto took his adventures to America. ]]> 2021-10-28 05:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850397221 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850400854 The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.]]> 2021-10-28 05:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850400854 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850407058 The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. This founding document, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.]]> 2021-10-28 05:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850407058 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850410611 The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.]]> 2021-10-28 05:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850410611 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850423995 World War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from July 28, 1914-November 11, 1918. It was also known as the Great War. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated 8.5 million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war. ]]> 2021-10-28 05:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850423995 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850425588 The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.]]> 2021-10-28 05:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850425588 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850428508 The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the campaign was not easy: Disagreements over strategy threatened to cripple the movement more than once. But on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, enfranchising all American women and declaring for the first time that they, like men, deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.]]> 2021-10-28 05:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850428508 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850432747 The 1954–1968 civil rights movement in the United States was preceded by a decades-long campaign by African Americans and their like-minded allies to end legalized racial discrimination, disenfranchisement and racial segregation in the United States. ]]> 2021-10-28 05:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850432747 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850436337 The feminist movement (also known as the women’s liberation movement, the women’s movement, or simply feminism) refers to a series of political campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women’s suffrage, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, all of which fall under the label of feminism and the feminist movement.]]> 2021-10-28 05:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850436337 skelly516 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850441549 World War II was fought between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allied Powers (Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France). Most of the countries in the world were involved in some way. It was the deadliest war in all of human history with around 70 million people killed.]]> 2021-10-28 05:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1850441549 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852708428 The 13 colonies were originally controlled by Great Britain. Great Britain wanted colonies in North America to increase trading opportunities, create new jobs, and bring in revenue from colonial workers and goods. By 1775, they had around 2.5 million people. These 13 colonies rebelled and eventually founded the United States of America.]]> 2021-10-29 00:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852708428 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852730705 The American Revolution is also called United States War of Independence or the American Revolutionary War. (1775-1783) The North American colonies won political independence from Great Britain to form the United States of America.]]> 2021-10-29 01:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852730705 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852767082 The Declaration of Independence was written one year into the American Revolutionary War. The main author was Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence was the document written to explain the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain to for the United States of America.]]> 2021-10-29 01:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852767082 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852786012 The United States bought 828,000 square miles of territory from France in 1803. This purchase doubled the size of the U.S. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rockies and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. 15 more states were created.]]> 2021-10-29 01:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852786012 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852817307 The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865) was fought between the union states (north) and the confederate states (south). The main cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase. It is the deadliest military conflict in American history.]]> 2021-10-29 01:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852817307 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852849997 The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. It required that the United States government intervene to help slave owners regain control of their slaves whether they were in a free state or not.]]> 2021-10-29 01:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852849997 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852885327 Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States in 1860. He was not popular with the southern states because of views on slavery. By the time his inauguration took place, 7 states seceded from the union. On April 12th, 1861, the confederacy fired on Fort Sumter and started the Civil War. In 1863, Abraham abolished slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. He was assassinated April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.]]> 2021-10-29 02:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852885327 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852938556 The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln Jan 1, 1863. It said that all persons held as slaves within any state in rebellion against the United States shall be forever free. He didn't end slavery completely, he wanted the confederate states to quit trying to leave the union. Even though he was against slavery, he just didn't believe the constitution gave the federal government the power to abolish it where it already existed.]]> 2021-10-29 02:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852938556 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852965277 Harriet Tubman was the "conductor" of the Underground Railroad. She was born into slavery, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom. She also served as a scout, spy guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the civil war. She was considered the first African American woman to serve in the military.]]> 2021-10-29 02:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1852965277 jbruendl2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1853028387 The abolitionist movement was an organized effort to end the practice of slavery in the U.S. It took place from about 1830 to 1870. The abolitionist used some of the same tactics the British had used to end slavery in Grain Britain. In 1861, slave owning states separated from the U.S. and the Civil War began. The abolitionists told Lincoln that he needed to stop slavery.]]> 2021-10-29 03:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1853028387 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864779041 The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. It was written in 1777, and ratified (made officially valid) in 1781. The Articles of Confederation gave the "new nation" the name, the United States of America. ]]> 2021-11-03 14:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864779041 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864835313 (The First Industrial Revolution) Before the Civil War, there was a shift from man-made products to machine-made products, such as; the wheel, the Spinning Jenny, and the steam engine. The Industrial Revolution was also a shift in culture and way of life. Many families moved to the city, and both men and women began to work. Slavery and Colonization during this time began to decline due to machine-labor (which is when society began to question the morality of slavery.)]]> 2021-11-03 14:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864835313 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864851713 In 1804, Thomas Jefferson ordered Meriwhether Lewis to explore lands west of the Mississippi River. Lewis chose William Clark as his right-hand-man. This 8,000 miles long journey was successful, and gave new insight on geographic, ecological, and social information about undiscovered parts of North America. ]]> 2021-11-03 14:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864851713 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864890504 During the territorial expansion of the US in the 1800s, the philosophy of the "Manifest Destiny" was created to justify the removal of Natives and other groups who inhabited these areas. Advocates of the Manifest Destiny stated that it was "destined by God" that the US expand and spread democracy and capitalism. ]]> 2021-11-03 14:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1864890504 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865320539 Some of America's first immigrants were from Europe, and they came over in search of religious freedom. 
African slaves were considered immigrants at the time even though they were brought over against their will.
Later, many people from all over the world fled to the United States as it was perceived to be the land of economic opportunity. ]]> 2021-11-03 16:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865320539 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865336728 Jefferson Davis was first and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He sought out to avoid Civil War, but ironically was chosen to lead the Confederacy during the Civil War. Before his Presidency, he was in the Army, owned a cotton plantation, was elected to the House of Representatives, and a member of the U.S. Senate.]]> 2021-11-03 17:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865336728 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865356370 Born and growing up enslaved in Maryland, Douglass would trade food for reading materials. He later set up a secret Sunday school, where he would teach other enslaved people how to read and write. At 20 years old, Douglass escaped from Maryland (slave state), to New York (free state). He began sharing his story and writing, becoming an embodiment of the impacts of slavery. He was later appointed as U.S. Marshal over the District of Columbia by the Senate, and later a presidential advisor. ]]> 2021-11-03 17:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865356370 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865390486 The Reconstruction Era is the period following the Civil War, where the government attempted to reap the damages of the Civil War and slavery. The Northern vision of Reconstruction was not accepted fully by the South. ]]> 2021-11-03 17:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865390486 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865444112 During the Jim Crow era, one of many unfair laws that were tried in the Supreme Court were Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy argued against the law that stated African Americans cannot sit in the same railway coach that white passengers can in Louisiana, and Judge Ferguson agreed with the law, so the case went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" railway coach law is not discriminatory. (The law was later overturned in the Brown v. Board of Education case.) ]]> 2021-11-03 17:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865444112 kheckma2 https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865469074 After slavery was abolished, African Americans still faced many challenges like: segregated schools, facilities, housing, red-lining, and overall minority-targeted ordinances. Segregation is the separation of people into racial or ethnic groups. ]]> 2021-11-03 17:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/skelly516/j7wdw4k2e9z8wg9f/wish/1865469074