Westworld Summative by TThompson 76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj en-us 2020-10-20 15:27:38 UTC 2025-11-18 07:40:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Impact tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845322169 The Manifest Destiny impacted the westward expansion by helping the fuel western settlement and help many Native Americans out of America.]]> 2020-10-20 15:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845322169 tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845324232 2020-10-20 15:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845324232 Info tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845349645 American Progress was a painting done by John Gast. The painting was an allegory of Manifest Destiny . The Elbow Room song was a song made to educate kids about the westward expansion. The song romanticizes Euro-colonialism.]]> 2020-10-20 15:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845349645 where did gold seekers come from? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845391636 These people called the Forty-niners came from all around the world. Around six thousand people arrived in 1848 and in a year ninety thousand more arrived to hunt for gold. Some these people came from Americas, but many from places like China, Mexico, Europe, and Australia.]]> 2020-10-20 15:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/845391636 How were they treated once they reached the west? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846215553 Many enterprising men and women would provide gold miners with goods and services to get gold.]]> 2020-10-20 18:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846215553 What were immediate and long-term effects? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846217019 Rivers became clogged, forest were being torn down for wood, the soil was getting polluted. Some people got diseases and starved. ]]> 2020-10-20 18:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846217019 How did the discovery of gold shape the economy and population in California? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846222290 It significantly influenced the history of California an the United States. The Gold Rush created a lasting impact by propelling industrial and agricultural development. Also helped shape the course of California's development by spurring its economic growth and facilitating its transition to statehood.]]> 2020-10-20 18:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846222290 Why were Native Americans forced off their lands? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846227061 Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on their land. The federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a special designed area called the "Indian territory" located across the Mississippi. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act giving them the right to remove Indians from their homes in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee sent to what is now Oklahoma the Indian territory.]]> 2020-10-20 18:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846227061 Define "Assimilation." How did the US government encourage assimilation into American culture? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846229863 Assimilation means to blend into a different culture. To encourage this the the government passed a law called the Dawes act in 1887. The act offered free farm land and help for Indian families that chose to leave their tribe and become settled and independent farmers. Some of them didn't accept the offer.]]> 2020-10-20 18:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846229863 What events were key turning points in the relationship of Plains Indians and the US government? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846240080 Dawes Severalty Act, Transcontinental Railroad, Trail of Tears,Indian Removal Act, Ghost Dance,]]> 2020-10-20 18:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846240080 What attracted settlers to the Great Plains? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846247029 In the late 19th century there were two main things That attracted settlers. The first of these things was the lure of large amounts of relatively cheap land that could be cultivated. The government helped with this by enacting the Homestead act of 1962 giving settlers free land. A second factor was he presence of railroads. The railroads offered a way to get to the plains and get crops back. They did a lot of advertising to help the process of luring people rising the population meant more business. ]]> 2020-10-20 18:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846247029 How did the physical geography impact settlers there? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846250129 The land in the Northwest was easier to farm. Cold winters and warm summers, with low precipitation and humidity. Sudden changes in temperature]]> 2020-10-20 18:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846250129 What new methods and technologies were invented to improve agricultural practices? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846253386 Dry farming, steel plow, windmills, beef cattle raising,barbed wire, and sod houses.]]> 2020-10-20 18:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846253386 What hardships did they face?What convinced some to stay while others left? tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846256961 Hardships they faced were cold winters, low rainfall, droughts and dust storms, and high winds. They made machines to help which made it faster and easier.]]> 2020-10-20 18:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/846256961 tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849160078 2020-10-21 15:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849160078 tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849161612 2020-10-21 15:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849161612 tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849165247 2020-10-21 15:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849165247 tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849166833 2020-10-21 15:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849166833 tthompson76876 https://padlet.com/tthompson76876/1spmif0m8fvvtbtj/wish/849172903 https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849 
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