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Environmental Impact of Mining, Logging, and Agriculture in the West
Illustrate how hydraulic mining, deforestation, irrigation, and overgrazing altered physical landscapes across the American West.
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Impacts of Westward Expansion: Indigenous Nations and the Environment
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Analyze the profound effects of westward expansion on Native American sovereignty and lifeways, as well as the environmental consequences and the rise of conservation.
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SS.5.16West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesIllustrate the effects of settlement on the environment of the West, (e.g., changes in the physical and human systems, etc.).
SS.5.22West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDemonstrate an understanding of the advances in transportation and its effect on Western Expansion. • Illustrate how railroads affected development of the West (e.g., ease of travel, influence on trade and impact on environment, etc.). • Compare and contrast conflicts between various groups in the West (e.g., miners, ranchers, cowboys, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and European and Asian immigrants, etc.).