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The Rise of Wisconsin Wheat Farming and the Shift to Dairy
Explain how soil depletion and crop disease led Wisconsin farmers to transition from wheat monoculture to dairy farming and cheesemaking.
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19th-Century Settlement, Industry, and Western Trails
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Analyze immigrant communities, key industrial and agricultural transformations in Wisconsin, and the broader overland migration westward.
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Hist1.bWisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th GradeEffect
SS.Hist1.b.iWisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th GradeUse evidence to draw conclusions about probable effects of historical events, issues, and problems.
SS.Hist2.b.iWisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th GradeDescribe patterns of change over time in the community, state, and the United States.