https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m This project was heavily thought of in the making process of this timeline en-us 2022-01-26 17:12:28 UTC 2022-02-01 15:06:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e9.png kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2014732101 Daniel Boone explores Kentucky for the first time. Exploring Kentucky was a very important event because if he didn't, the civil war would probably have never happened because the 13 colonies wouldn't have expanded.


]]> 2022-01-27 00:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2014732101 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2014741053 President Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. This doubles the size of the United States and provides a large area to the west of the country for expansion. This is very important because the purchase is what made the United States. Without this, it would only be the 13 colonies and there wouldn't be a war since the amount of free a slave states are the same.]]> 2022-01-27 00:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2014741053 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2014756090 Explorers Lewis and Clark map out areas of the Louisiana Purchase.  Without the Corps of Discovery exploring the west part of the land, the Oregon territory might have been claimed by another country and states wouldn't have to debate on what states are free and not.]]> 2022-01-27 00:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2014756090 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016397998 Congress passes a law to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the west of the Mississippi River. They moved the Indians so if they wouldn't have done that and let them have their own state, they wouldn't have to debate on what that state would be.


]]> 2022-01-27 17:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016397998 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016403266 Mexican troops attack the Alamo, killing all but two Texans. This encourages the Texans on the Texas Revolution. United States would not claim this land which was owned by Mexico. And being added as a slave state means that they are apart of the civil war.

]]> 2022-01-27 17:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016403266 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016422701 The Cherokee Nation marches to Oklahoma and many die along on far trip. The Native Americans used to live in Oklahoma until they were removed which means that is now a slave state which will be apart of the civil war.]]> 2022-01-27 17:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016422701 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016427909 300,000 people travel west to arrive at the Oregon Territory which takes around 20 years. With this territory that the United States gained, this will be added to a union which will fight against the South because the North is against slavery.]]> 2022-01-27 17:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016427909 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016432616 Manifest Destiny, a phrase created in 1845 and is the idea that the United States is destined by God, its the people who live there believed to expand its control and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent. Without expanding land there wouldn't be debate on which states are slave states and which are not.]]> 2022-01-27 17:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2016432616 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2021881085 The United States officially claims Texas as a state, eventually leading to the Mexican-American War. This influences, even more, war and debates leading to the civil war.

]]> 2022-01-31 17:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2021881085 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022416055 After experiencing racism for believing in their religion, The Mormons move to Utah. This leads to the civil war since they are a huge organization and there are many who despise them and want them to be slaves.]]> 2022-01-31 23:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022416055 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022430087 This was a long war that was dedicated to own rights over Texas. After the effects of the war, The United States paid $15 million for the land which then became the Southeast states. This includes California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other states. These states were debated and thought on if they should be included as a slave or free state. Debates usually lead to violence between the government which can cause violence. Though, on September 9, 1850, California became a free state.

]]> 2022-01-31 23:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022430087 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022433488  On Aug 13, 1848, England agreed on a treaty giving the land to the United States. The United States was then given another opportunity to debate if this should be a slave or free state. Oregon was admitted in 1859 as a free state. They would go on the battle in the civil war.]]> 2022-01-31 23:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022433488 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022439031 The United States government assisted with the funds in the making of a railroad that lead from California to Missouri. This "transcontinental railroad" was very convenient to the citizens of the country. The Transcontinental Railroad was planned and construction began during the Civil War, which gave northern Congressmen reason to oppose plans for a southern route.]]> 2022-01-31 23:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022439031 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022444230 The war of 1812 was a brutal war between The United States and Great Britain. When the United States gained its independence in 1783, the British Royal Navy surprisingly attacked America and disrupted the American trade during the Napoleonic Wars. A lot of controversies happened in this time of unpleasant behavior. During the time, British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy's impressment of American seamen, and America's desire to expand its territory.]]> 2022-01-31 23:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022444230 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022484127 Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854. Multiple conflicts happened between congressmen to make sure that the slave states and free states were evenly divided across the land. The Civil War was impacted a bunch by discussions like these.]]> 2022-02-01 00:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022484127 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022489940 The Oregon Territory was still considered a Territory from August 1848 until February 1859. Oregon became an official state on February 14, 1859. The catastrophic scene of the Civil War led regular U.S. Army troops in the District of Oregon to be withdrawn from posts in Oregon and Washington Territory and sent east.]]> 2022-02-01 01:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022489940 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022994618 The Oregon Trail was a 2,200 mile trip from Missouri to Oregon and other points west during the mid-1800s. If the travelers never got to experience this journey maybe they wouldn't have thought about gaining the land which would be against slavery since it was a free state.]]> 2022-02-01 09:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2022994618 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2023466432 On May 20, 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act during the Civil War. On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman readjusted the law, which gave up to 160 acres of public land to their freedom. Although it was very helpful to the citizens, the Homestead Act encouraged westward migration and settlement by providing 160-acre tracts of land west of the Mississippi at little cost, in return for a promise to improve the land.]]> 2022-02-01 14:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2023466432 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2023501140 In order to keep the balance of power in Congress between the slave and the free states, The Missouri line was drawn in 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This would then lead to the Civil War because there wasn't an even amount of power later on.]]> 2022-02-01 14:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2023501140 kmcrae14 https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2023519289 Bleeding Kansas was a very tragic event. This was a period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854 which significantly shaped American politics and contributed to the coming of the Civil War.]]> 2022-02-01 15:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcrae14/783g9scbucxjuu8m/wish/2023519289