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Transportation Networks: Railroads, Highways, and Shipping Ports
Analyze how railways, Interstate highways, and deepwater river ports connect Oregon producers with world markets.
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Modern Industry, Labor, and Global Trade in Oregon
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Analyze how wartime manufacturing, high-tech innovation, labor movements, and international trade transformed Oregon's modern economy and workforce.
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Learning standards covered
4.10Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesDescribe how technological developments, societal decisions, and personal practices affect Oregon’s sustainability (dams, wind turbines, climate change and variability, transportation systems, etc.).
4.13Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesGive examples of changes in Oregon’s agricultural, industrial, political, and business development over time, and the impacts on the people of the state (including people of different socioeconomic status, ethnic groups, religious groups, and other traditionally marginalized groups).