Jigsaw Nation Review by Bridget Staggs https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu en-us 2018-01-17 16:57:03 UTC 2026-02-26 01:22:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition bridget_staggs https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222139552 1803: President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from France. 
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1804: The Lewis and Clark Expedition launched officially from Camp Wood, just outside St. Louis.]]> 2018-01-17 17:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222139552 Manifest Destiny 19njones04933 https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222139774 1845: Expressed the philosophy that drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion. 
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Due to high birth rate and brisk immigration, the U.S. population exploded in the first half of the 19th century, from around 5 million people in 1800 to more than 23 million by 1850.

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]]> 2018-01-17 17:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222139904 Acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii 19njones04933 https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222143862 In 1867 the US purchased the Alaska territory for $7 Million. In 1898: US adopted Hawaii as a part of the US. They both were officially named the 49th and 50th states of the Union in 1959.]]> 2018-01-17 17:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222143862 Indian Removal Act 19njones04933 https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222145608 President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in the 28th of May, 1830. The law allowed the President to negotiate with the southern tribes about their removal and go to the federal territory, west of the Mississippi River, in exchange for their land.]]> 2018-01-17 17:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222145608 War of 1812 19njones04933 https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222145715 Causes of the War of 1812. At the outset of the 19th century, Great Britain was locked in a long and bitter conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte's France. In an attempt to cut off supplies from reaching the enemy, both sides attempted to block the United States from trading with the other.

]]> 2018-01-17 17:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222145715 Mexican American War/Gold Rush bridget_staggs https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222146070 1848: The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley sparked the Gold Rush.
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1849: the non-native population of the California territory reached to about 100,000.
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1852: $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush.]]> 2018-01-17 17:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bridget_staggs/imm4chmhrjvu/wish/222146070