Craig and I learned about American progress today, westward expansion including the gold rush, the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears, and inventions that led to the industrial revolution in America. We looked to video, images, and the text to learn more about Eli Whitney's cotton gin and interchangeable parts, the Erie canal, Robert Fulton's invention of the steamboat and the explosion of the cotton and slave trade. We used History.com as a resource as well. We will attempt to recreate a cotton gin by way of a Pinterest activity idea we discovered online today! We read more to learn about the Missouri Compromise and the continuing question of slavery.