https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz en-us 2022-07-19 23:26:28 UTC 2026-01-03 12:22:24 UTC hello@padlet.com 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246443830 Definition: New style of music created after the war based on African American styles of rhythm and blues.
Historical significance: This style of music went against the conformity that was widely accepted during the post WWII era. ]]> 2022-07-19 23:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246443830 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246449043 Definition: Rivalry/period of high tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that occurred from 1945 to 1990 which impacted the world. 
Historical significance: Led to several proxy wars, the Space Race, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. ]]> 2022-07-19 23:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246449043 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246451557 Definition: The U.S. created NASA for the purpose of space exploration and research after the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik during the Cold War. 
Historical significance: Influenced the Space Race during the Cold War and led to the U.S. becoming the first to land on the moon. ]]> 2022-07-19 23:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246451557 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246453913 Definition: Americans began to build fallout shelters, which were bunkers built underground, to protect themselves from the threat of nuclear warfare. 
Historical significance: People began to build fallout shelters as a result of increased Cold War tensions and the threat of possible conflict during the Cold War. ]]> 2022-07-19 23:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246453913 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246458936 Definition: Discovered the first polio vaccine in the 1950s. The life expectancy for people increased in the 1950s because of medical improvements. 
Historical significance: The medical improvements that Salk developed in the 1950s against illness became one of the causes of the start of the baby boom after WWII. ]]> 2022-07-20 00:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246458936 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246461905 Definition: The Federal Highway Act was passed in Congress to build interstate highways going 40,000 miles, mainly to provide transportation for military supplies efficiently across the nation. 
Historical significance: Led to an increase in buying cars and resulted in more people moving to suburbs.  ]]> 2022-07-20 00:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246461905 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246489536 Definition: Congress passed the Taft Hartley Act in 1946 to reduce the influence of organized labor unions so the act prohibited closed shop, which was a method of making business owners hire solely members of unions. 
Historical significance: Congress passed the Taft Hartley Act because of the low supply of goods, inflation, and strikes because of reduced wages after WWII. ]]> 2022-07-20 00:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246489536 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246500031 Definition: Agreement in 1947 that established a global forum which supported free trade, expanded on global trade with the decrease of tariffs mutually on all sides in the agreement. 
Historical significance: Increased global trade and also resulted in more importing/exporting of goods to new markets. ]]> 2022-07-20 00:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246500031 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246517249 Definition: U.S. President who threatened to use massive force against China, which had joined the Korean War, to end the war. 
Historical significance: The large costs that resulted from the Korean War led to the election of Republican Party nominee Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 election. ]]> 2022-07-20 01:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246517249 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246523999 Definition: Singer who became known as the king of rock and roll music style. 
Historical significance: Had an impact in going against conformity after WWII, and influenced teens in going against societal expectations (Greasers who were rebelling against societal expectations during the post-war time period). ]]> 2022-07-20 01:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246523999 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246575086 Definition: U.S. volunteer organization established by JFK which gave aid and help to developing nations. 
Historical significance: The organization was very successful in providing necessary aid for developing nations. People in the Peace Corp worked as advisors in agriculture, teaching, or providing medical assistance. ]]> 2022-07-20 02:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246575086 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246578742 Definition: Physical barrier between East and West Berlin which lasted from 1961 to 1989. 
Historical significance: The Berlin Wall was one of the major issues in the Cold War. The wall was built by the Soviet Union to prevent people in East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin. ]]> 2022-07-20 02:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246578742 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246584036 Definition: Act which gave African American people increased opportunities to vote. 
Historical significance: The Salem March led to President Lyndon B. Johnson introducing and advocating for the Voting Rights Act. This act ended the disenfranchisement in voting that African Americans faced because of poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests. ]]> 2022-07-20 02:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246584036 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246588899 Definition: The Civil Rights Act banned segregation across the country along with banning racial discrimination in hiring. 
Historical significance: The Birmingham protest led by MLK caused JFK to advocate for the approval of the Civil Rights Act. The March on Washington showed the support of the Civil Rights Act. ]]> 2022-07-20 02:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246588899 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246593532 Definition President who took part in the first presidential debate that was broadcasted on TV, supported civil rights, and was Catholic. 
Historical significance: Advocated for the Civil Rights Act to be approved in 1964. Formed the Peace Corp to give aid to developing nations. ]]> 2022-07-20 02:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246593532 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246597066 Definition: Wrote a letter from the Birmingham Jail after his arrest in the Birmingham protest against racial discrimination and segregation in which he encouraged the American people to protest the unfair treatment such as discrimination and unfair laws. 
Historical significance: Organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Birmingham protest, and gave the speech called "I Have a Dream" at the March on Washington. One of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. ]]> 2022-07-20 02:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246597066 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246600553 Definition: The event was started by Rosa Parks, the boycott was organized by Dr. Martin Luther King. 
Historical significance: The Montgomery Bus Boycotts led to the Supreme Court prohibiting segregation in buses in the year 1956. ]]> 2022-07-20 02:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246600553 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246609296 Definition: In this court case, the Supreme Court banned segregation in public schools. 
Historical significance: The Supreme Court voted unanimously to ban segregation in public schools as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment. The case was won by NAACP lawyers and was a huge victory in the Civil Rights Movement. ]]> 2022-07-20 03:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246609296 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246612424 Definition: Thurgood Marshall was the NAACP's lead lawyer. 
Historical significance: Thurgood Marshall and his team of lawyers won 29 out of the 32 cases that they fought for against segregation in public schools in the Supreme Court, including the case of Brown v. Board of Education. ]]> 2022-07-20 03:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246612424 3440918 https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246615206 Definition: Amendment that prohibited poll taxes in the U.S. 
Historical significance: Gave African Americans more opportunities to vote along with overcoming barriers in disenfranchisement of African American votes. ]]> 2022-07-20 03:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/3440918/sao76padq7dqkz/wish/2246615206