Factors and Effects of Westward Expansion by Diana Hatcher https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc en-us 2022-03-04 15:37:26 UTC 2026-02-19 17:52:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Economic Crisis of 1837: dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078165148 -South and East
-People lost jobs and banks collpased]]> 2022-03-04 15:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078165148 Gold Discovered in California and Nevada dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078180626 -Thousands of men travelled
-Seeking fortune]]> 2022-03-04 15:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078180626 Pioneer Spirit dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078204727 -Expression of American individualism
-Texas, Oregon, California, Southwest]]> 2022-03-04 16:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078204727 Jewish, Amish, and Mormon dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078208757 -wanted to practice religion free from prosecution
-Utah
-]]> 2022-03-04 16:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078208757 Mix of Cultures dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078210703 California mining camps included: white settlers, run away slaves, free African Americans]]> 2022-03-04 16:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078210703 Mexican Americans suffered dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078213423 -Because of gold rush, many lost land and faced harships
-Mexican ranchers had worked the land in the American Southwest long before American “cowboys” arrived
-relegated to the worst-paying jobs under the most terrible working conditions]]> 2022-03-04 16:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078213423 Chinese Immigrants dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078220983 -Built railroads
-Sailed across Pacific Ocean to California
-Contributions such as draining swamplands and digging irrigation systems turned dry land fertile
-Staked claim on gold fields, but driven out by white settlers]]> 2022-03-04 16:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078220983 Growing population dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078225780 -Cities and roads grew to accommodate growing populations
-By 1860, California's population was 300,000]]> 2022-03-04 16:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078225780 Texas Annexation dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078229798 -Acquired from Mexico
-Slave state]]> 2022-03-04 16:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078229798 Cotton production dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078231737 -Land for Southern crops
-Large plantations]]> 2022-03-04 16:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078231737 Success for democrats dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078233299 -supported expansion
-The symbol of the donkey for the Democratic Party is said to have stemmed from Andrew Jackson. His opposition called him a jackass. Instead of taking it as an insult, he chose to adopt this as a symbol. This, in turn, became the symbol of the Democratic Party.]]> 2022-03-04 16:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078233299 Erie Canal dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078240257 -1825
-Moved farm products from the Midwest to the East]]> 2022-03-04 16:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078240257 Transcontinental Railroad dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078245724 -Could move coal, minerals, cattle, and grain
-United East and West
-Cut cross country travel from 26 days to 7]]> 2022-03-04 16:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078245724 Native American Decline dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078251364 -Murdered or pushed off their land]]> 2022-03-04 16:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078251364 Industrialization and factories dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078267964 2022-03-04 16:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078267964 Suffered Hardships dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078295252 Hundreds of thousands of people travelled west on the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe Trails, but their numbers did not ensure their safety. 
Illness, starvation, and other dangers—both real and imagined— made survival hard]]> 2022-03-04 17:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078295252 Homestead Act dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078301206 -President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862
-Gave citizens or future citizens up to 160 acres of public land provided they live on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee]]> 2022-03-04 17:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078301206 Barbed Wire dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078321165 -a simple tool that helped ranchers tame the land
-a significant improvement to wire fencing with an invention that "twisted two wires together to form a cable for barbs-the first of its kind."]]> 2022-03-04 17:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078321165 German and Irish Immigrants dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078640783 European immigrants came to the North to work in factories]]> 2022-03-04 21:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078640783 Factory workers, craftsmen, trade dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078641711 2022-03-04 21:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078641711 Discrimination against immigrants and free blacks dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078642491 2022-03-04 21:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078642491 Poor whites, middle class farmers dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078644234 No rights for these groups in the South]]> 2022-03-04 21:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078644234 New Orleans and Charlestown dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078645168 -Large cities like these did have some free blacks]]> 2022-03-04 21:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078645168 Slaves dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078664709 -Most African Americans were slaves and did not have basic liberties in the South]]> 2022-03-04 21:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078664709 Turnpikes,roads, clipper ships, telegraph dmarie1008 https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078667231 2022-03-04 21:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dmarie1008/v0p7xts08thi7pbc/wish/2078667231