Today we are going to continue blog discussions then get back to the video series America: The Story of US--Shawn: Civil War- after the civil war the soldiers had nothing to do so people started paying them to rob stuff- two brothers robbed trains- a lot of people turned to gangs and stuff--Chantel: Oregon Trail- went halfway accross the US and started in missouri and ended in oregon- started in 1836- 1843 is when over 1000 wagons went across- had apple sized hail and lightning strikes and disease killed people- had to pay native to not attack then- ended in 1869 cuz not many people used it anymore because railroads came into play--Tony: First Battle- 28,000 unions vs. Confederates- right by washington dc- the unions planned a surprise attack on the confederates- Confederacy won
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