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Wyoming's Cattle Boom and the Johnson County War
Analyze the expansion of open-range cattle ranching in Wyoming and the violent conflict between large cattle barons and small homesteaders.
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Industrialization, Innovation, and Social Change
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Analyze how technological innovations, industrial expansion, urbanization, and labor movements transformed American society and Wyoming.
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SS8.4.1Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe how historical events impact the future (cause and effect) and how change spreads to other places (e.g., spread of industrial revolution or causes of the Civil War, impacts of Manifest Destiny, aftermath of French and Indian War, and progression of Indian Removal Act).
SS8.4.4Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeIdentify historical interactions between and among individuals, groups, and/or institutions (e.g., family, neighborhood, political, economic, religious, social, cultural, and workplace).