Vocabulary wall by Yannis Kolaxis https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9 Made with whimsy en-us 2018-04-22 18:05:33 UTC 2025-11-17 20:55:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Dred Scott Decision yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164683 supreme court march 6]]> 2018-04-22 18:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164683 States rights yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164809 rights and powers of the unites states ]]> 2018-04-22 18:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164809 anaconda plan yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164860 american strategy for civil war]]> 2018-04-22 18:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164860 nadir yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164950 lowest point in the fortunes]]> 2018-04-22 18:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254164950 13 amendment yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165007 no slavery]]> 2018-04-22 18:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165007 14 amendment yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165051 rights of citizens ]]> 2018-04-22 18:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165051 15 amendment yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165145 the right to vote ]]> 2018-04-22 18:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165145 black codes yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165251 were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866 in the United States after the American Civil War with the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.]]> 2018-04-22 18:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165251 Jim crow laws yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165293 s a result of Rice's fame, "Jim Crow" by 1838 had become a pejorative expression meaning "Negro". When southern legislatures passed laws of racial segregation directed against blacks at the end of the 19th century, these statutes became known as Jim Crow laws.]]> 2018-04-22 18:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165293 share cropping yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165393 Sharecropping is a form of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.]]> 2018-04-22 18:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165393 homestead act yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165473 he Homestead Acts were several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead," at no cost. In all, more than 270 million acres of public land, or nearly 10% of the total area of the U.S., was given away free to 1.6 million homesteaders; most of the homesteads ]]> 2018-04-22 18:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165473 Dawes act yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165540 the Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887), adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.]]> 2018-04-22 18:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165540 westward expansion yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165622 Former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson believed that the nation's future depended on its westward expansion. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous.]]> 2018-04-22 18:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165622 cross of gold yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165695 Bryan's “Cross of Gold” Speech: Mesmerizing the Masses. The most famous speech in American political history was delivered by William Jennings Bryan on July 9, 1896, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The issue was whether to endorse the free coinage of silver at a ratio of silver togold of 16 to 1.]]> 2018-04-22 18:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165695 grange yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165756 (in the US) a farmers' association organized in 1867. The Grange sponsors social activities, community service, and political lobbying.]]> 2018-04-22 18:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165756 granger laws yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165829 The Granger Laws were a series of laws passed in several midwestern states of the United States, namely Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, in the late 1860s and early 1870s. The Granger Laws were promoted primarily by a group of farmers known as The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry]]> 2018-04-22 18:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165829 railroads yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165899
  • track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.

    1. "a railroad line"

    2. 2.

    ]]>     2018-04-22 18:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165899     populism yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165966 support for the concerns of ordinary people.

    "it is clear that your populism identifies with the folks on the bottom of the ladd
    ]]>     2018-04-22 18:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254165966     Henry ford yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166008 Henry Ford was an American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.]]> 2018-04-22 18:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166008 labor unions yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166108 an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.]]> 2018-04-22 18:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166108 homestead strike yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166188 the Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead Steel strike, Pinkerton rebellion, or Homestead massacre, was an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle]]> 2018-04-22 18:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166188 planned economy yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166262 Planned economies are held in contrast with command economies, where a planned economy is "aneconomic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.]]> 2018-04-22 18:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166262 hay market riot yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166326 The Hay market affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Hay market Square in Chicago.]]> 2018-04-22 18:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166326 Pullman strike yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166444 The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law.]]> 2018-04-22 18:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166444 everglades yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166493 Everglades National Park is a 1.5-million-acre wetlands preserve on the southern tip of the U.S. state of Florida. Often compared to a grassy, slow-moving river, the Everglades is made up of coastal mangroves, sawgrass marshes and pine flatwoods that are home to hundreds of animal species. Among the Everglades' abundant wildlife are the endangered leatherback turtle, Florida panther and West Indian manatee.]]> 2018-04-22 18:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166493 innovation yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166558 Innovation can be defined simply as a "new idea, device or method". However, innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs]]> 2018-04-22 18:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166558 child labor yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166621 child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. ]]> 2018-04-22 18:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166621 Ida tarbell yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166679 Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is thought to have pioneered investigative journalism. ]]> 2018-04-22 18:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166679 political machines yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166737 A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts.]]> 2018-04-22 18:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166737 urbinization yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166853 Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, "the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas", and the ways in which each society adapts to the change.]]> 2018-04-22 18:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166853 immigration yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166923 Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, ]]> 2018-04-22 18:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166923 urban centers yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166988 An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs]]> 2018-04-22 18:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254166988 Chinese act yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167109 The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers]]> 2018-04-22 18:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167109 gentlemen agreement yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167327 the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 was an informal agreement between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan whereby the United States would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigration]]> 2018-04-22 18:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167327 suffrage movement yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167423 facts, information and articles about Women'sSuffrage Movement, the struggle for the right of women to vote. Women's Suffrage summary: The women's suffrage movement (aka woman suffrage) was the struggle for the right of women to vote and run for office and is part of the overall women's rightsmovement.]]> 2018-04-22 18:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167423 muckcrackers yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167499 The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. ... Investigative journalists view the muckrakers as early influences and a continuation of watchdog journalism.]]> 2018-04-22 18:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167499 knights of labor yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167578 Knights of Labor (K of L), officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leaders were Terence V. Powderly and step-brother Joseph Bath.]]> 2018-04-22 18:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167578 Henry Flagler yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167635 Henry Morrison Flagler was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway.]]> 2018-04-22 18:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167635 great migration yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167767 The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.]]> 2018-04-22 18:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167767 american inventors yannis926 https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167826 inventors Famous American Inventors List. 182 53. Nikola Tesla Died at 87 (1856-1943) 118 27. Benjamin Franklin Died at 84 (1706-1790) 89 18. Alexander Graham Bell Died at 75 (1847-1922) 132 41. Albert Einstein Died at 76 (1879-1955) 72 14. Wilbur Wright Died at 45 (1867-1912) 79 18. 95 32. 66 15]]> 2018-04-22 18:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/yannis926/v4lv48pgxia9/wish/254167826