https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0 en-us 2021-11-08 19:50:43 UTC 2025-11-19 15:15:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 10421511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876262197 In January 24th, 1848, James Marshal discovered gold in California while trying to build a mill. This was suppose to be kept secret, however, word got out, and people soon began flocking in. ]]> 2021-11-08 20:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876262197 10592511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876269213 It Is Said that it was
a law passed by the 21st first US Congress to facilitate the relocation of Amerindian tribes living east of the Mississippi River During the decades that followed the United States War of Independence, the rapid increase in the country's population proved in numerous treaties purchasing Native American lands]]> 2021-11-08 20:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876269213 10421511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876273358 In May 20th, 1862, Congress passed The Homestead Act, which allowed for anyone prepared to settle in the West access to 160 acres of land for free. The only requirement being that they build a house and farm the land for 5 years. ]]> 2021-11-08 20:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876273358 10421511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876284312 In 1874, there were massive feuds to land ownership. Also towards the cattle that often escaped, and due to this, F Gildden created the barbed wire. This greatly impacted land and farming. ]]> 2021-11-08 20:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876284312 10592511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876291584 The Great Migration of 1843 or the "Caravan of 1843," 1 2 in organized caravans, in which an estimated 700 to 1,000 emigrants left for Oregon and California. From that year on, several organized caravans left with the spring every year.]]> 2021-11-08 20:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876291584 10421511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876292032 June 25th, 1876 is when the battle took place. U.S troops attacked Indians camped at the Little Bighorn. General Custer split his army in three, and advanced. However, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led the Native Americans to victory. Defeating Custer and his army completely. ]]> 2021-11-08 20:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876292032 10421511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876303204 In May 10th, 1869, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific finally connected, therefore completing the Transcontinental Railroad. This was a big step, and completely changed travel forever. ]]> 2021-11-08 20:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876303204 10592511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876307858 The Dawes Act (sometimes called the Dawes Variety Act or General Allocation Act), passed in 1887 under President Grover Cleveland, allowed the federal government to divide tribal lands. The federal government aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by encouraging them toward farming and farming, which meant dividing tribal lands into individual parcels. Only Native Americans who accepted the division of tribal lands were allowed to become American citizens. This ended when the government stripped more than 90 million acres of tribal lands from Native Americans and then sold those lands to non-Native American citizens.]]> 2021-11-08 20:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876307858 10421511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876310594 During the 1860's, the first Native American boarding school was opened on the Yakima Indian Reservation in the state of Washington. The purpose of these schools was the white wash the culture of the Native Americans by preventing kids from speaking their native tongue, giving them new names, and more. ]]> 2021-11-08 20:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876310594 10592511 https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876313807 The Wounded Knee massacre took place on December 29, 1890, near the Wounded Knee stream (in Lakota language: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, located in the US state of South Dakota. The struggle to get the gun from him intensified and it went off.]]> 2021-11-08 20:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/10421511/2ztkceaflbah8ok0/wish/1876313807