AMERICAN DREAM by Sarah Knuth https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03 Lea, Sarah, Ali, Luca en-us 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC 2022-04-29 05:04:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1607 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746599 First English settlement in Jamestown,Virginia]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746599 The colonial period pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746601 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746601 Fighting for independence pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746602 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746602 American war of Independence 1775-1783 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746603 - North American colonies at war against the British
- gaining freedom and independence

-> 4 July 1776: George Washington declared the independence of the Americans

]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746603 Etablishing a new nation pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746604 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746604 The 19th century - westward expansion and politics of isolationism pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746606 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746606 The 21st century pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746608 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746608 Black Lives Matter pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746609 -2013: Start of the Black Lives Matter movement
-> is directed against racist violence by the police in the USA

-2014: Demonstrators and violent protests following the death of Michael Brown at the hands of the police

]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746609 Black Lives Matter pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746610 - 2020: Public murder of George Floyd by a police officer (Derek Chauvin)
-> worldwide protests were directed against police violence and racism under the motto Black Lives Matter]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746610 1620 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746611 - first 102 Puritans leave England with their ship "Mayflower"
- more Puritans travel to America to escape religious persecution ]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746611 Puritans pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746612 =English protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England
-> thought Protestantism wasn't different enough from Catholicism]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746612 May 1626 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746613 - Dutch Governor buys Manhattan from the Algonquin Indians
->"New Amsterdam" (later "New York")
- owned and run by the Dutch West India Company]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746613 June 1626 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746614 - first 11 African slaves arrive in new Amsterdam]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746614 1773 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746615 - the British own 13 colonies along the Atlantic Coast of America]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746615 1783 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746616 - Treaty of Paris
-> Britain officially recognizes its former colonies as an independent nation = "United States of America"
]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746616 1789 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746617 - "Constitution of the United States" is written
--> new (federal) system of government with shared power & representatives are elected
-> separation of power into the legislative, executive & judicial ]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746617 1791 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746618 - the Bill of Rights is issued ]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746618 Bill of Rights pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746619 - 10 amendments added to the Constitution
- describe the basic rights of the people
- forbids the government from denying these rights

-> freedom of speech, religion & the press
-> the right to assemble, to cary arms & to a fair trial by a jury

- necessary to reassure American citizens of their rights
-> fear of not being able to achieve personal freedom & the pursuit of happiness ]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746619 Declaration of Independence pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746620 - written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson
-> 13 colonies declare their independence from British rule

- 4 July = the birthday of the United States (Independence Day)
-all American Citizens are created equal

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746620 until 1850s pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746621 - exploration of the West
-> expansion of America by pushing the border farther & farther]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746621 1848 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746622 - acquisition of Mexico
-> westward expansion is complete

-> "Manifest Destiny" has come true]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746622 Manifest destiny pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746624 = the belief that America is the one Nation ordered by God to expand across the North American continent

- America is believed to be superior to all other countries

-> task to establish moral rule & values across the globe]]> 2022-03-20 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103746624 1945 https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103779992 - death of Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd president of the United States)
-> sudden death because of cerebral hemorrhage (= Hirnblutung)]]> 2022-03-20 15:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103779992 1955-68 https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103782696 - Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King  ]]> 2022-03-20 15:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103782696 1963 https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103784260 "I have a dream" speech ]]> 2022-03-20 15:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103784260 1964 https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103790269 Civil Rights Act
= prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin]]> 2022-03-20 15:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103790269 https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103810978 - first basic ideas of the American Dream were recorded in the declaration of independence

- can be defined differently for each person 

James Truslow Adams (1931):
"The American Dream is the dream of a land in which life should be better & richer & fuller for every man with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement."

-> land of endless possibilities

-> "from rags to riches"
]]> 2022-03-20 15:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103810978 The American Dream https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103812166 = describes the idea of America as the land of opportunities, where anyone can achieve anything]]> 2022-03-20 15:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103812166 https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103822206 a well-known symbol is the bald eagle
- represents strength and freedom


]]> 2022-03-20 16:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103822206 1861-65 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103845186 - Civil War between the Confederate States of America (South) & the Union (North)]]> 2022-03-20 16:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103845186 1 January 1863 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103848718 - Emancipation Proclamation

-> Abraham Lincoln issues the abolition of slavery]]> 2022-03-20 16:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103848718 Statue of Liberty pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103854188 - a gift from France to the USA in to celebrate 100 years of American independence from Britain

-> symbolizes enlightenment, independence, liberty & freedom]]> 2022-03-20 16:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103854188 1886 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103855840 - America is gifted the Statue of Liberty ]]> 2022-03-20 16:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103855840 1920 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103858523 - 19th amendment is ratified

-> Women are finally allowed to vote]]> 2022-03-20 16:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103858523 1929 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103879175 - Wall Street Crash (Black Thursday)]]> 2022-03-20 17:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103879175 1930s pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103880895 - Great Depression]]> 2022-03-20 17:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103880895 Nov. 1963 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103889725 - John F. Kennedy (first Catholic) is assassinated ]]> 2022-03-20 17:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103889725 2001 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103897597 - 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center & Pentagon

-> President Bush declares "War on Terror"]]> 2022-03-20 17:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103897597 2002 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103900820 - Department of Home Security is created
-> mission to prevent future attacks on the USA]]> 2022-03-20 17:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103900820 2003 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103901971 - invasion of Iraq
-> begin of the Iraq War]]> 2022-03-20 17:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103901971 2009 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103903603 - election of Barack Obama
-> first African-American president
(re-elected in 2012)]]> 2022-03-20 17:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103903603 2016 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103906795 - Donald Trump is elected president ]]> 2022-03-20 17:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103906795 2020 pife6vtc4c https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103908299 - Joe Biden is elected president ]]> 2022-03-20 17:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2103908299 The 20th century- politics of interventionism- "The American Dream" https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2140691984 2022-04-12 11:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pife6vtc4c/ppz910jsho632z03/wish/2140691984