Westward Expansion Data Dump by David Dickerman https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63 en-us 2022-03-27 19:56:55 UTC 2022-03-28 18:21:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Gold rush started at Sutters Creek ddickerman1 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117700562 2022-03-28 17:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117700562 something to do with Christianity? https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117703398 idk i only remember last halloween a pair of mormons gave us candy and tried to spread their religion]]> 2022-03-28 17:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117703398 Faced lots of racism and hate entering the United States and in the States as well yaqoobp17750 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117704496 2022-03-28 17:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117704496 Gold rush time sorchap56091 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117704543 the gold rush period lasted for 7 years (1848-1855)]]> 2022-03-28 17:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117704543 Rocky mountains near the west coast logans08183 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705151 2022-03-28 17:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705151 Scarlet Fever https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705212 People caught sicknesses in the gold rush]]> 2022-03-28 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705212 Hispanic Californians https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705584 2022-03-28 17:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705584 Seeking for a new job andyz05872 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705945 2022-03-28 17:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117705945 kennetht01829 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117706307 Got treated like they were nothing some got put in to camps or got shoot.]]> 2022-03-28 17:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117706307 Many Native Americans were forced out of their homes sorchap56091 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117706950 2022-03-28 17:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117706950 finding a better life somewhere else but having to facing racism https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707207 2022-03-28 17:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707207 Long Adventuring nevaeht37246 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707403 People go on long journeys across the world, on a carriage and some people need to walk for miles.]]> 2022-03-28 17:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707403 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707480 And also when the Gold Rush ended, Chinese Americans were considered cheap labor.]]> 2022-03-28 17:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707480 To spread their religion andyz05872 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707848 2022-03-28 17:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707848 Gold rush? https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707860 People came to california for the gold rush and there were boom towns?]]> 2022-03-28 17:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117707860 Many people came from different countries and across the United States risking it all. Many died along the way yaqoobp17750 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117708118 2022-03-28 17:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117708118 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117708609 Chinese immigrants
 first flocked to the United States in the 1850]]> 2022-03-28 17:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117708609 G-d, Glory, and Gold ddickerman1 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709172 2022-03-28 17:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709172 Finding gold https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709573 Barely anyone actually got rich]]> 2022-03-28 17:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709573 Lewis and Clark expedition https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709817 2022-03-28 17:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709817 Homestead act provided 160 acres for very cheap yaqoobp17750 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709900 2022-03-28 17:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117709900 The Angel Island nevaeht37246 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117710015 Lots of immigrants are forced to live in Angel Island and live there for years. Later on, they let some immigrants free few by few.

]]> 2022-03-28 17:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117710015 descended from spanish/mexican settlers or one of the first spanish colonists https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117710120 2022-03-28 17:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117710120 To promote an agrarian society andyz05872 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117711032 2022-03-28 17:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117711032 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117711946 Chinese immigrants immigrated to America to become gold miners.]]> 2022-03-28 17:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117711946 Oregon Trail sorchap56091 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117715229 2022-03-28 17:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117715229 filzahi61745 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117767379 chinese poems found on walls in immigration station]]> 2022-03-28 18:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117767379 miners https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117768311 Traveled west to find gold, most likely unsuccessful ]]> 2022-03-28 18:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117768311 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117768439 Someone sent to promote religion (normally Christianity).]]> 2022-03-28 18:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117768439 drewe56554 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117768821 for religion and gold]]> 2022-03-28 18:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117768821 Spreading religion where they went trevorg16959 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117769369 2022-03-28 18:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117769369 escape persecution https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117770247 they got harassed because of their beliefs]]> 2022-03-28 18:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117770247 filzahi61745 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117770946 gold rush attracted people giving california the term "golden state"]]> 2022-03-28 18:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117770946 Gold, gold, gold. https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117771652 Many people traveled west to mine gold in California, where they hoped to strike a fortune.]]> 2022-03-28 18:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117771652 they were also very poor https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117771693 2022-03-28 18:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117771693 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117772584 Faced a lot of discrimination. Came to find jobs, which was hard since people were racist. It took hard work and time to even get into America.]]> 2022-03-28 18:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117772584 to convert native americans into believing in christianity https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117772629 2022-03-28 18:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117772629 merchants https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117772880 merchants sold tools to miners and got really rich]]> 2022-03-28 18:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117772880 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773396 very similar to Christianity, but different in ways of being more conservative.]]> 2022-03-28 18:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773396 filzahi61745 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773404 different people coming for different purposes]]> 2022-03-28 18:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773404 Railroad. https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773626 Chinese immigrants to the US heavily contributed to the Transcontinental Railroad. Around 20,000 Chinese immigrants put efforts into building the railroad.]]> 2022-03-28 18:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773626 what factors influenced westward expansion? drewe56554 https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773656  Population growth in the eastern states, availability of cheap, fertile land, economic opportunity, gold, logging, farming, freedom for runaway slaves, and spreading manifest destiny]]> 2022-03-28 18:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117773656 lewis and clark and sacagewea* https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117774328 2022-03-28 18:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117774328 '49ers https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117775474 Many people traveled to California in 1849, later becoming known as '49ers]]> 2022-03-28 18:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117775474 Ring-tailed cats (aka “miners’ cats”) https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117775632 I read on Wikipedia a few times that miners kept ring-tailed cats (species of the raccoon family) as pets to protect their cabins from pest and vermin. 

Hence the name “miners’ cats”.]]> 2022-03-28 18:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117775632 they believed that people in 600AD moved to america https://padlet.com/ddickerman1/pcls9j9hoisgvb63/wish/2117777253 there is no evidence of iron age civilizations living in the new world 

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