https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2020-09-04 19:03:43 UTC 2020-09-09 19:15:36 UTC hello@padlet.com pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721903219 1803
Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the french for $15 million
It stretched from the Mississippi river to the rocky mountains and from Canada to New Orleans
It doubled the size of the United States]]> 2020-09-04 19:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721903219 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721914437 By 1840 nearly 7 million Americans lived in the trans Appalachian west.
That was nearly 40 percent of the population.
 The idea of Manifest Destiny was the belief it was Americans god given right to head west to see economic wealth.]]> 2020-09-04 19:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721914437 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721924337 In 1843 one thousand Americans deemed "pioneers" 
The trail was 2,170 miles long 
It connected the Missouri River to the Valleys in Oregon

]]> 2020-09-04 19:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721924337 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721953532 It was a strip of land near the Mexican cession in the southwest.
The purchase happened in 1853 and created the present day border of the southwest and Mexico
James Gadsden arranged the purchase from Mexico for $10 million]]> 2020-09-04 19:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/721953532 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732632427 Senator Henry Clay proposed a new compromise that had 4 parts
California would enter the union as a slave free state
The status of slavery in the rest of the Mexican territories would be up to the people
The slave trade would be abolished in Washington DC but not slavery]]> 2020-09-09 18:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732632427 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732646975 This is the fourth part of Henry Clays compromise
It enabled southerners to reclaim runaway slaves who escaped to northern states
This made running away a lot less worth the risk since they could be reclaimed even if they escape to the north]]> 2020-09-09 18:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732646975 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732686078 This was an expedition throughout the Louisiana territory
The purpose was to investigate resources and search for useful waterways
It lasted 2 and a half years]]> 2020-09-09 18:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732686078 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732703560 It lasted 3 years
It did not accomplish the border changed it was fought for
The only effect from the war was the constraining of Native American tribes]]> 2020-09-09 18:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732703560 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732711206 The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson and caused the 5 Civilized Tribes to sign removal treaties
The force and removal of the Indian tribes pushed them into Oklahoma land. 
Many perished on the trail to these reserves]]> 2020-09-09 19:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732711206 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732729782 This act was made to make land more affordable
After an application process the buyer had to live in the land for 5 years and make improvements
After this they could file for deed of residency. Land was free except for registration fee]]> 2020-09-09 19:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732729782 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732737980 There were 2 main routes to the railroad
One route was the central route and it followed the same route as the Oregon Trail
The other route was the southern route and it stretched across Texas, New Mexico, and end in Los Angeles California ]]> 2020-09-09 19:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732737980 pmowad7933 https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732754812 This was also known as the Florida Purchase
This was a treaty between Spain and the US in 1819 that ceded Florida into the US
It also defined a new border between the US and New Spain]]> 2020-09-09 19:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pmowad7933/zfyf6eba18vf3cmm/wish/732754812