https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE Add dates, people, places, events, documents etc. to this wall. en-us 2017-04-26 03:00:18 UTC 2026-01-24 18:40:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168445414 -Chinese helped build railroads
-Oregon Trail was route taken by settlers to Oregon
-Indians were sent on the trail of tears to Oklahoma ]]> 2017-04-26 17:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168445414 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168446312 The west was FULL of minerals, causing a gold rush.

California and Oregon were founded here.

President Polk was best known for helping Manifest Destiny in his presidency]]> 2017-04-26 17:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168446312 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168446667 -lots of natural reasources like gold.
-lots of free land
-lots of people immigrating

]]> 2017-04-26 17:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168446667 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168447158 Irish Imigration, Settlement in the west, and Railroads]]> 2017-04-26 17:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168447158 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168447467 Westward Settlement immigration, and Trail of Tears.]]> 2017-04-26 17:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168447467 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168447891 thosand's of acres open land
gold in the rivers
irish immagration]]> 2017-04-26 17:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168447891 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448611 Railroad expansion, Gold, glory, God, lots of land for free]]> 2017-04-26 17:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448611 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448669 Dawes Act
Morill Act
GOld rush
Homestead Act]]> 2017-04-26 17:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448669 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448772 immigrants
potato faimine
Indians

]]> 2017-04-26 17:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448772 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448849 gold in cali, cheap land and new life]]> 2017-04-26 17:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168448849 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168449442 - Irish Imirgation, Railroads, Oregon trail]]> 2017-04-26 17:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168449442 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168449937 1803- Louisiana Purchase- nearly doubled the size of our nation
US vs. Mexican war
California gold rush- People stuck gold and are now moving there to get it 

]]> 2017-04-26 17:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168449937 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450071 PUSH FACTORS : 
crowded 
unsanitary areas 
urban life 
no chance to own land 
immigrants 
taking jobs, 
debt
criminals 
religious 
PULL FACTORS : 
Wide open spaces 
Rule Life 
Chance to own land 
Farming 
Gold Rush 
Adventure 
escape debt 
Criminal past 
Fresh start 
worship freely ]]> 2017-04-26 17:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450071 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450233 Potato famine influenced Irish immigration

Railroads created for faster travel

Jackson invented the Indian Removal act, which led to the Train of Tears]]> 2017-04-26 17:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450233 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450344 -Louisiana Purchase- purchased by Thomas Jefferson, dobled size of U.S
-Mexican Cession- succeded by Mexico after Mexican-American War
-Oregon Country- claimed by U.S. and Britian, 49th parallel divided the territory]]> 2017-04-26 17:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450344 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450609 2017-04-26 17:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450609 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450913 Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the Untied states ]]> 2017-04-26 17:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168450913 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168773796 -Louisiana Territory was purchased for $15 million.
-Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were responsible for exploring the Louisiana Territory.
-Britain previously claimed Oregon Country before the United States received it in a compromise with Britain.]]> 2017-04-27 23:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168773796 https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168785761 Overcrowding in China caused Chinese immigrants to move to the United States. A lot of land was sold for a cheap price by the government to settle the western land. The Mexican War also happened at this time because of the border dispute between Texas and Mexico.]]> 2017-04-28 01:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsWarren/5thPeriodWE/wish/168785761