Personalities of Westward Expansion by Keith Miller https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc en-us 2021-03-15 15:57:54 UTC 2021-03-17 17:20:12 UTC hello@padlet.com The railroad workers started the transcontinental railroad in 1862 and finished in 1869. https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321757129 2021-03-17 17:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321757129 They worked in really harsh conditions. https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321764472 2021-03-17 17:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321764472 1011273 https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321767125 White settlers made houses out of sod]]> 2021-03-17 17:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321767125 Two groups worked on the Transcontinental Railroad — one from the East, one from the West. https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321767875 2021-03-17 17:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321767875 1011273 https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321768540 In 1848 the white settlers found gold in sutters mill California ]]> 2021-03-17 17:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321768540 https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321769377 1. White settlers made houses out of sod because it was cheap and abundant 

2. In 1848 white settlers found gold in Suttersmill California 

3. Settlers created new ways of farming like dry farming due to the dry climate.]]> 2021-03-17 17:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321769377 https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321771389 1. There were two groups, one headed west to work and one headed east.

2. Both groups worked in very harsh conditions.

3. They started building the transcontinental railroad in 1862 and ended in 1869.]]> 2021-03-17 17:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321771389 1011273 https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321772069 The white settlers created new ways to farm like dry farming to adapt to the little rainfall]]> 2021-03-17 17:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321772069 The natives would signed treaty’s with the US. But the US ignored it and took their land. 10128621 https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321773527 2021-03-17 17:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321773527 Some of the African Americans that moved west joined a group called the buffalo fighters. https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321778414 2021-03-17 17:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321778414 By the end of the 1800s there were nearly 50 all-black towns in the west. https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321785856 2021-03-17 17:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321785856 Farmers made smarter and easier ways to grow crops, one of which was dry farming. They could make a living threw growing crops and this fed themselves and their families. Megan_stanley3 https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321787086 2021-03-17 17:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321787086 About 1/4 of all cowboys were African American. https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321791610 2021-03-17 17:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/keithmiller/twz2xavgv8weosuc/wish/1321791610