The Westward expansion by Payton Perry https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo en-us 2018-12-12 19:07:49 UTC 2018-12-14 19:36:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ornamenttree.png Transcontinental Railroad 1050600 https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314007846 ~1869
~(Union Pacific) Nebraska to
~(Central Pacific) California
~Met at Promontory Summit, Utah
~Immigrants from Ireland and China]]> 2018-12-12 19:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314007846 Homesteading 1050600 https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314011987 ~Great Plains- 160 acres
No trees, land was hard and dense
~21 years old or head of household
~5 years "Proving Up"
~Fee $18

]]> 2018-12-12 19:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314011987 Sod Houses 1050600 https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314017460 ~Square of grass and mud
~Dirty
~Rain, weather 
~Fire- cow pies, buffalo chips 
~Windmills- water pump
~Isolation "Going Busted"


]]> 2018-12-12 19:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314017460 Freed Slaves 1050600 https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314021556 ~Gold Rush-"Get Rich Quick"
~Land Opportunity
~Manifest Destiny-American right to the land]]> 2018-12-12 19:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314021556 Modern Corporations 1050600 https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314423245 ~investors-give a company money in exchange for stock
~share of stock-you own a piece of that company
~Netflix stock:273.66
~low wages-pay people as little as possible
~immigrants-surplus of labor
~age-children could work hours
~working conditions-unsafe
~labor unions-American Federation of Labor:Samuel Gompers 
~Netflix-272.89~272.58 
~Minimum wage-$7.25/hour=8 hours/40 hours per week
~ Age limit 16-18
~Laws for safety]]> 2018-12-13 19:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1050600/6mhbyns00hpo/wish/314423245