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Steam Engines and the Transcontinental Railroad
Trace the development of steam locomotives and how railroads connected eastern factories with western settlements.
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Innovation, Infrastructure, and the Impact of Expansion
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Explore how transportation technologies, infrastructure developments, and political conflicts over slavery transformed a growing nation.
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SS.4.10West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare and contrast the physical, economic and political changes to America caused by geographic conditions and human intervention (e.g., bridges, canals, state boundaries, transportation, etc.).
SS.4.16West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDemonstrate an understanding of the causes and effects of Westward Expansion. • Investigate the economic, political and cultural factors involved in Westward Expansion (e.g., Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, resources, trade, etc.). • Analyze the people and events that facilitated Westward Expansion (e.g., Daniel Boone, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, Northwest Territory, Alamo, Gold Rush, etc.). • Trace transportation innovations and explain their impact on Westward Expansion (e.g., bridges, canals, steamboats, railroads, steam engines, clipper ships, flat boats, roads, dams, locks, ports, harbors, etc.).