Westward Expansion by Carrie Martinez https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2016-10-31 19:29:19 UTC 2024-04-16 01:27:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Why did the farmers, miners, and ranchers come to the South? carrie_pickens https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134352334 - The westerners were in search for a better life and more wealth. 
-GOLD RUSH
- They wanted land for mining and farming; they took the land from the Native Americans.]]> 2016-10-31 20:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134352334 Did the U.S Government support them? carrie_pickens https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134352453 -YES
- The Homestead Act of 1862 : 
- Signed my President Lincoln
-In 1862, Congress passed an act where they gave any head-of-the-  household, including widowed women, over the age of 21 the right to claim 160-acre portion of land. 
-The homesteader had five years to build a house, live in it, and farm the land.
- Lincoln encouraged this plan for expanding the nation. ]]> 2016-10-31 20:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134352453 How was the Westward Expansion positive? Negative? carrie_pickens https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134352499
Positives:
- Expanding westward, solved the issue of overcrowding.
- It also expanded our nations boundaries.
- Westerners gained more resources.
- The land was cheap and increased the size of America.

Negatives:
- Wars (13,000 lives lost)
- The westerners forced the Native Americans to move from their homes
- Many of the Native Americans died while traveling to the reservations]]> 2016-10-31 20:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134352499 carrie_pickens https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134353564 2016-10-31 20:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134353564 carrie_pickens https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134369921 2016-11-01 00:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134369921 jg carrie_pickens https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134370415 2016-11-01 00:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134370415 Citation for Justice! carrie_pickens https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134370447 - You are going to write a ticket to the US government for its poor treatment of Native Americans.
-You need to describe how the government treated the Native Americans (how they took land, started wars, forced them into reservations, etc.)
-Then, write how you think the government should have treated the Indians. 
- Lastly, draw a picture that represents a scene that shows the poor treatment of Native Americans. ]]> 2016-11-01 00:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carrie_pickens/qzxqto0rwuvb/wish/134370447