https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q Made with magic en-us 2019-04-12 16:14:37 UTC 2019-04-12 16:32:05 UTC hello@padlet.com danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351218634 In the years immediately following the Revolutionary War, the rural South—the region where slavery had taken the strongest hold in North America—faced an economic crisis. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351218634 danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351219076 In August 1831, Nat turner struck fear into the hearts of white Southerners by leading the only effective slave rebellion in U.S. history. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351219076 danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351219857 On March 6, 1857, the U.S. supreme court handed down its decision in Scott v. Sanford, delivering a resounding victory to southern supporters of slavery and arousing the ire of northern abolitionists.]]> 2019-04-12 16:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351219857 danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351220413 A native of Connecticut, John Brown struggled to support his large family and moved restlessly from state to state throughout his life, becoming a passionate opponent of slavery along the way. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351220413 danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351220967 As the 19th century came to an end and segregation took ever–stronger hold in the South, many African Americans saw self–improvement, especially through education, as the single greatest opportunity to escape the indignities they suffered.]]> 2019-04-12 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351220967 danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351222238 Born in Jamaica, the black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey founded his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) there in 1914; two years later, he brought it to the United States. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351222238 danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351223097 During World war II, many African Americans were ready to fight for what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the “Four Freedoms”— freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear—even while they themselves lacked those freedoms at home. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351223097 danlara680 https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351224194 y 1900, the unwritten color line barring blacks from white teams in professional baseball was strictly enforced. Jackie Robinson, a sharecropper’s son from Georgia, joined the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League in 1945, after a stint in the U.S. Army (he earned an honorable discharge after facing a court–martial for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus).]]> 2019-04-12 16:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/danlara680/qlkrkxrgwa9q/wish/351224194