https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11 Big Ideas from Q4 en-us 2021-03-31 15:40:12 UTC 2026-01-30 03:16:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f412.png anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1375748287 By 1948, the United States, Britain, and France wanted to reunite their zones in Berlin and the rest of Germany. Stalin opposed that plan. To prevent reunification, he closed all roads, railway lines, and river routes connecting West Berlin with the outside world.]]> 2021-04-01 15:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1375748287 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1375768402 In 1961, the East German Government built the Berlin Wall, a huge concrete wall topped with barbed wire, to seal off East Germany from West Berlin. Border Guards shot East Germans to tried to scale the wall. The Berlin Wall broke apart families and friends and became a bitter symbol of the Cold War that divided Europe and the world.]]> 2021-04-01 15:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1375768402 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1391971548 From 1910 to 1945, Japan ruled Korea as a colony. As World War II wound to an end, the Soviet Union moved into the northern portion of Korea. In September, following Japan's surrender, the United States entered Southern Korea, setting the stage for the division of the Korean Peninsula.]]> 2021-04-07 15:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1391971548 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1392009248 For the first time, television played a huge role in a presidential campaign. Instead of long speeches, Republicans used 20-second TV "spots" of responding to questions from hand-picked citizens. Complained one critic: "it was selling the president like toothpaste". But, it worked and Eisenhower became president.]]> 2021-04-07 15:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1392009248 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1396469645 Before the war ended Congress passed the GI Bill of Rights to help returning veterans. The GI Bill authorized billions of dollars to help veterans set up farms and businesses. Many GI received loans to pay for college or a new home. The law also provided a full year of unemployment benefits for veterans who could not find work.]]> 2021-04-08 15:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1396469645 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1396493977 Dwight Eisenhower promised that he would go personally to Korea if he was elected in November of 1951. Eisenhower won the election within a few weeks both sides were ready for a ceasefire in July of 1953 both sides signed an Armistice to end the fighting.]]> 2021-04-08 15:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1396493977 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1494338655 Schools would NOT allow black students to enter their schools, white students were allowed to enter easily, and there were even guards guarding the school to make sure black students don't enter, therefore, lots of black people/students gathered around the schools and sort of protested for their rights to learn just like every human should be able to do.]]> 2021-05-05 15:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1494338655 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1509663830 the Jim Crow Law was a law that prevented black and whites from mixing and being together. the Jim Crow Law promoted separation between blacks and whites and also fed racism and kept it even more alive. This law was enacted after the Civil War.]]> 2021-05-10 15:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1509663830 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1517927101 I think the kids were full of joy to be arrested because in the long run, it would help segregation end faster. I also think that the kids were full of joy to be arrested because even though they might have been hurting their family by separating them from their siblings/parents, they were actually helping their family a lot because it would be smarter to have to go through misery first, and then having the joy of being free later.]]> 2021-05-12 15:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1517927101 anthony_tomak01 https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1531767839 John F Kennedy was a very mysterious person. Just when you think he's solved something or is done with something, he brings a whole new aspect to it. He had problems with his back and needed help with stability, but tried his best to hide it. John F Kennedy's father was also a multi-millionare. ]]> 2021-05-17 15:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_tomak01/wcewhdfd0e7rum11/wish/1531767839