https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu By: Talia Daniel en-us 2019-02-20 16:44:17 UTC 2019-02-28 01:54:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png taliadaniel2025 https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/333268809 In the year 1848, news spread around the country that gold had been found in the western part of California. Soon after that, hundreds of people traveled to California to make their fortunes. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/333268809 taliadaniel2025 https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/333731997 The first gold rush actually happened 50 years earlier in North Carolina. Over 300,000 people arrived and started digging for gold. By 1852, more than 25,000 immigrants came from China to America. ]]> 2019-02-21 16:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/333731997 taliadaniel2025 https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/333737584 When the miners dug for gold, they needed supplies. Some examples of supplies are: a shovel, mining pan. They also needed food like: sugar, flour, bacon, coffee. To sleep, they needed bedding and for going out at night, they used a lamp. ]]> 2019-02-21 17:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/333737584 taliadaniel2025 https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/334234877 This time period was after the War of 1812 and before the Civil War. However, they named it this because it was during the territorial expansion of the US. It’s also known as “the age of manifest destiny”.  ]]> 2019-02-22 17:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/334234877 taliadaniel2025 https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/334978121 2019-02-25 17:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/taliadaniel2025/mrgwd76ponqu/wish/334978121